Oran of Iona

Saint

Oran
BornCounty Meath, Ireland
DiedIona, Scotland
Venerated inCatholic Church, Orthodox Church, Anglican Church and other Churches
Feast27 October
PatronageWaterford, Ireland; Silvermines parish, Tipperary, atheists

Oran or Odran (Old Irish: Odrán, Irish: Odhrán; Latin: Otteranus, hence sometimes Otteran; died AD 548), by tradition a descendant of Conall Gulban, was a companion of Saint Columba in Iona, and the first Christian to be buried on that island. Saint Odhrán's feast day is on 27 October.

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