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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME! SAINT ODRAN, CONFESSOR ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Odran (Othranus) was a confessor in Ireland (Mg.). (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 638) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Odran may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. 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 Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org Please see also: Saint Odran , Odran , Odran , Saint Odran , Saint Otteran , Saint Odhran , and Saint Odran .

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 7th of July WELCOME! SAINT ODRAN, CONFESSOR Today, we also commemorate Saint Odran (Odranus), a confessor. He is also known as Saint Modanus . (II. 477)  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 614) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Odran may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. 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. ➡️ Modanus, Monk ⬅️ Saint Modanus, Abbot Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org  Please see also: Saint Odran ,  Odran ,  Odran ,  Saint Odran ,  Saint Otteran ,  Saint Odhran ,  and Saint Odran .

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 27th of October WELCOME! SAINT ODRAN, CHARIOTEER OF SAINT PATRICK, MARTYR In the martyrologies, this Odran (Odranus) is called the charioteer (auriga) of  Saint Patrick  (Patritius) of Ireland. Some seem to think that Odran was even a bishop, or a priest. At any rate, he belonged to the disciples of that great Irish apostle, and shared his fame; he may well have come with him from Scotland.  The place of his death was called Disert-Odhrain in Hisaigia. As legend has it, he was killed by a nobleman named Failge (according to Kelly * in the year 451) when he was in the chariot with  Saint Patrick . The murderer mistook the driver for  Saint Patrick  himself.  Beforehand, the  great saint   had broken an idol by force, thereby incurring the murderer's enmity, who swore to kill  Saint Patrick   for this deed. The driver was  aware of what Failge planned to do. Whe...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 27th of October WELCOME! SAINT OTTERAN The Bollandists * list Saint Otteran (Otteranus)(Odranus) among the Praetermissi. He is venerated in the diocese of Waterford; October 27 is his feast day.  (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Otteran may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. 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. ⬅️ Saint Odhrán, Bishop and Tutelar Saint of Waterford Please see also: Saint Odran , Odran , Odran , Saint Odran ,  Saint Odhran , and Saint Odran .

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 8th of May WELCOME! SAINT ODHRÁN, BISHOP  [Also known as Saint Oran, Odran, Odrian, Otteranus.] Colgan was not able to discover even the time when he lived. This rich and famous city was subject to the bishop of Lismore, (which see was founded by St Carthag, in 631,) till the Ostmen being settled here, they procured a bishop for Waterford.  THE SEES OF WATERFORD AND LISMORE Malchus, a monk of Winchester, was consecrated first bishop of Waterford by St Anselm, at Canterbury, in 1096. For the sees of Dublin, Limerick, and Waterford were subjected to the metropolitan of Canterbury during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, whilst the Ostmen were masters in those cities. The sees of Waterford and Lismore have been united since the year 1363. See Ware’s Irish Bishops. (From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints - original title: "St Odrian") PRAYER: May the intercession of the blessed Odhrán, your bishop and confessor, commend ...