Saint Seachnaill (Sechnall, Secundinus) (ca. 372 - November 27, 457) is an Irish saint. He is considered the founder of Dunshaughlin (Domnach Sechnaille) and was a contemporary of Saint Patrick. Events Emperor Fei is dethroned as emperor of China. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events February 7 - Leo I becomes East Roman emperor. ... In traditional Christian iconography, Saints are usually depicted as having halos. ... Dunshaughlin (Domhnach Seachnaill in Irish), is a town in County Meath in Ireland. ... Saint Patrick (Latin: ) was a Christian missionary and is regarded as the patron saint of Ireland along with Brigid of Kildare and Columba. ...

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, he was the son of Restitutus, a Lombard, and Liamain, sister of St. Patrick. He was one of nine brothers, eight of whom became bishops in Ireland. His early life and training are obscure, but he appears to have studied in Gaul, and to have accompanied St. Patrick to Ireland in 432. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in 1913 by The Encyclopedia Press. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given, in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... Events July 31 - Sixtus is elected to succeed Celestine as Pope. ...

The first documentary evidence we have is an entry in the Irish Annals recording the arrival of St. Sechnall and his brother St. Auxilius "to help St. Patrick".

In 433 he was appointed by St. Patrick as first Bishop of Dunshaughlin, and served as assistant to the Bishop of Armagh from 434 until his death. At the commencement of his episcopal rule, the local fair (aonach) was accustomed to be held in the church enclosure, and as the people ignored the saint's denunciation as to holding a fair on hallowed ground, we read that "the earth opened and swallowed up thirteen horses, chariots and drivers, while the remainder fled". He died after an episcopate of fourteen years. Events Petronius Maximus becomes Roman Consul John of Antioch and Cyril of Alexandria sign the Formula of Reunion, thus ending their conflict over the Nestorian controversy and the Council of Ephesus. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...

External links

• Sechnall at the Catholic Encyclopedia

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