Secundinus

Who was Secundinus?

Saint Secundinus, or Sechnall as he was known in Irish, was founder and patron saint of Domnach Sechnaill, now Dunshaughlin, who went down in medieval tradition as a disciple of St Patrick and one of the first bishops of Armagh. Historians have suggested, however, that the connection with St Patrick was a later tradition invented by Armagh historians in favour of their patron saint and that Secundinus is more likely to have been a separate missionary, possibly a companion of Palladius.