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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 9th of August WELCOME! SAINT NATHY, BISHOP ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Nathy , who had a wide reputation for holiness, lived in the sixth century. He was a pupil of Saint Finian of Clonard and was in charge of the monastery of Achonry.  PRAYER: God, faithful and true, by the life, death and resurrection of your Son you have redeemed the entire creation and made known to us the mystery of your divine love; grant that, after the example of your bishop Saint Nathy, we may become Christ's faithful disciples and grow in the knowledge of your truth. 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. ➡️ Irish Confessors and Martyrs

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 9th of August WELCOME! SAINT NATHY CRUIMTHIR OF ACHONRY, PRIEST IN IRELAND  [Patron of the Diocese of Achonry, anciently called Achad, in Ireland.]  St Finian, bishop of Clonard, built this church in 530, and gave it to his disciple Nathy , called also Dathy, which in Irish signifies David, a man of great sanctity. He is surnamed Comrah and Cruimthir.  A PRIEST, AN ABBOT, OR A BISHOP? The former, Harris thinks, bears the sense of consecrated or elected. Cruimthir signifies in old Irish a priest, the same as saggart in modern Irish. In St Finian’s life he is only styled priest; but in St Fechin’s, prelate or abbot. Harris thinks he was raised to the episcopal dignity; but Colgan, with all ancient annals, calls him only priest, though this church was made a bishop’s see soon after his time.  In the Annals of Ireland the bishops of Achonry are often styled of Luigny or Leny, from the little province or baro...