Saint Macartan
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Saint Mac Cairthinn, also Macartan, belongs to a very early generation of saints in Ireland and is recognized as the first Bishop of Clogher
. He is known as Saint Patrick
's "Strong Man" for his dedication and faithfulness.
Bishop of Clogher
The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church.-History:Clogher is one...
. He is known as 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 "Strong Man" for his dedication and faithfulness.
Further reading
- Ó Cróinín, D. "Ireland 400-800." In A New History of Ireland: Prehistoric and early Ireland
- Ó Riain, Pádraig. "Saints in the Catalogue of Bishops of the Lost Register of Clogher." Clogher Record 14.2 (1992). pp. 66–77.