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A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.

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August 16 · Bishop

St. Maccarthen of Clogher

St. Maccarthen of Clogher

A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.

Traditional feast

August 16
1914 / pre-1969 calendar, per Baring-Gould (1897)

Current feast

Not verified yet

Represents

Bishop

Early life

The book says little or nothing about early life. This is how the account begins.

Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 0 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.

What they represent

How they teach us to live

Drawn from themes in the original account

Learn from the kind of life it was. A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.

Keep their day. Remember them on August 16 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.

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Read Baring-Gould’s full account

Baring-Gould’s sources: Irish Martyrologies. Tallaght and Donegal Martyrologies, Kalendar of Cashel, &c. Authorities The history of the Saint in Colgan; another version in the Acta Sanctorum; both late and not very trustworthy.] S. Carthen or Maccarthen was a disciple of S. Patrick,, and became Bishop of Clogher, but at what date is uncertain. Little is known of him except some foolish legends and absurd marvels related in his Acts.

Feast days

Feast: August 16

Nine days · Free

Pray the novena
with us.

One short email a day for nine days. The day's prayer, a line from St. Maccarthen of Clogher's story, and a nudge to keep going.

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St. Diomede

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St. Arsacius

August 16 · Hermit
St. Hyacinth

St. Hyacinth

August 16 · Priest
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Sources & notes

Feast-day sources

Sources

Credits

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.