Scaithin
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Scaithin was an early Medieval Irish saint associated with the island of Inishbofin, County Galway.[1] Scaithin was the builder of an oratory on Inishbofin, used into the 20th century as a children's burial ground.[citation needed] His feast day is 2 January. Scoithín is a variant form of the name, and is that of a saint with links to County Kilkenny, where his seven sons became bishops.[citation needed]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "Early Christian Saints of Inishbofin". Inishbofin Community Centre.
Sources
[edit]- Hogan, Dave; Gibbons, Michael, Inisbofin:Guide to the Natural History & Archaeology[full citation needed]
- Previté, Anthony (2008). A Guide to Connemara's Early Christian Sites. Oughterard. ISBN 978 0 9560062 0 2.
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