Scaithin

Irish saint
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IntroIrish saint
PlacesIreland
isSaint
Work fieldReligion
Gender
Male
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Biography

Scaithin, early Medieval Irish saint.

Biography

Scaithin was the builder of an oratory on Inishbofin, Galway, used into the 20th century as a children's burial ground. His feast day is 2 January. Scoithín is a variant form of the name, and is that of a saint with links to County Kilkenny, where his seven sons became bishops.

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