Óengus of Tallaght
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For the 10th-century poet who names himself Óengus céile Dé, see Saltair na Rann.
Óengus mac Óengobann, better known as Saint Óengus of Tallaght or Óengus the Culdee,[1] was an Irish bishop, reformer and writer, who flourished in the first quarter of the 9th century and is held to be the author of the Félire Óengusso ("Martyrology of Óengus") and possibly the Martyrology of Tallaght.
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Saint Óengus of Tallaght | |
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Born | unknown Clonenagh, Spahill, County Laois, Ireland |
Died | possibly (824-03-11)11 March 824 |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | 11 March |
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Little of Óengus's life and career is reliably attested. The most important sources include internal evidence from the Félire, a later Middle Irish preface to that work, a biographic poem beginning Aíbind suide sund amne ("Delightful to sit here thus") and the entry for his feast-day inserted into the Martyrology of Tallaght.