Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad
Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad (also called Dunichad, Duncad, and Donatus; died 717) was the eleventh
He is first heard of as Abbot of Killochuir on the coast of southeastern Ulster (perhaps
When Dúnchad died in 717, Fáelchú continued in his position. In the same year of Dúnchad's death, King
Dorbbéne
The Annals of the Four Masters (713.5), records the death of St. Dorbaine Foda, Abbot of Ia. Dorbbéne became abbot in 713, but died five months later on 25 October 713. Leslie Toke suggests that Dorbbéne may have been a coadjutors to St. Dunchadh, prior, or even a bishop.[1] Thomas Owen Clancy suggests that this interruption in Dúnchad's abbacy may reflect the politics between factions of monks at Iona at the time who disagreed about the dating of Easter.[2]
References
- ^ Toke, Leslie. "St. Dunchadh." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 2 April 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ISBN 9781851094400
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Dunchadh". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Bibliography
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- Sharpe, Richard, Adomnán of Iona: Life of St. Columba, (London, 1995)
- John T. Koch (2006). Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia. ISBN 9781851094400.