Malachy (Given name)
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Malachy is a name with two sources.
St. Malachi (1095-1148 AD) was the Bishop of Armagh
who adopted the name from the Hebrew prophet "Malachi
" whose name means "my angel
" or "messenger of God."
It is also linked to the High King
Maoilseachlainn "devotee of St. Sechnall", one of Saint Patrick
's first companions.
St. Malachi (1095-1148 AD) was the Bishop of Armagh
Armagh
Armagh is a large settlement in Northern Ireland, and the county town of County Armagh. It is a site of historical importance for both Celtic paganism and Christianity and is the seat, for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland, of the Archbishop of Armagh...
who adopted the name from the Hebrew prophet "Malachi
Malachi
Malachi, Malachias or Mal'achi was a Jewish prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He had two brothers, Nathaniel and Josiah. Malachi was the writer of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Neviim section in the Jewish Tanakh...
" whose name means "my angel
Malakh
In Judaism an angel is a messenger of God, an angelic envoy or an angel in general who appears throughout the Hebrew Bible, Rabbinic literature, and traditional Jewish liturgy.-Etymology:...
" or "messenger of God."
It is also linked to the High King
High King of Ireland
The High Kings of Ireland were sometimes historical and sometimes legendary figures who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over the whole of Ireland. Medieval and early modern Irish literature portrays an almost unbroken sequence of High Kings, ruling from Tara over a hierarchy of...
Maoilseachlainn "devotee of St. Sechnall", one of Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints....
's first companions.