Where is St Attracta associated with?

Sligo and Roscommon in Ireland.

Of the hospice at Killaraght

St Attracta

Q: Who was St Attracta?

Of the hospice at Killaraght. A sixth-century virgin who founded a hostel for travellers at Killaraght on Lough Gara, one of a network of Irish hospices that fed and sheltered anyone on the road. Her well at Monasteraden is still a place of pattern-day gatherings.

Naomh Athracht

Feast day · 11 August

🏔 Sligo 🏔 Roscommon Source: Wikipedia ↗

The story

Athracht — St Attracta — Athracht Photograph: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

A sixth-century virgin who founded a hostel for travellers at Killaraght on Lough Gara, one of a network of Irish hospices that fed and sheltered anyone on the road. Her well at Monasteraden is still a place of pattern-day gatherings.

The name they gave

Athracht — “AH-rakht”

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