Saint Lactali of Freshford
Also known as
- Lactan
- Lactinus
- Lactean
Profile
Educated at Bangor Abbey. Monk. Spiritual student of Saint Comgall of Bangor and Saint Molu of Killaloe. Founded the monastery Achadh-Ur, now known as Freshford, in Kilkenny, Ireland, and served as its first abbot. Miracle worker and healer of the lame and the mentally ill.
Born
- 672 of natural causes
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Celtic Saints
- Katherine Rabenstein
- Den katolske kirke
- Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Lactali of Freshford“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 April 2020. Web. 18 January 2021. <>