ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 17th of December
ROGER MacCONGAILL, MARTYR
Roger MacCongaill (McConnell) (Rogerius Congaille) was a Franciscan at Armagh in Ireland. He and his brother Conacius Macuarta (Conn McCourt) (Conatius Mac Wart) died as martyrs for the Catholic faith in A.D. 1560. Roger MacCongaill is also commemorated on December 16.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 123)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
➡️ Irish Confessors and Martyrs
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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