WELCOME! SAINT ELERAN, CONFESSOR ⬅️ List: Irish Confessors and Martyrs Aileran or Eleran , commemorated on August 11, is praised in Irish martyrologies as a wise man and is counted by some among the "saints." Otherwise, no further details about him are known to us. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 93) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who celebrate the feast day of your holy Confessor Eleran may by his intercession be delivered from all evils that threaten us. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org