Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 46873
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Mac Shamhráin , Ailbhe,
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  • Title: Attracht (Adrochta, Attracta)
  • Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography  Edited by James McGuire and James Quinn.  Cambridge University Press, 2009. Available open access from the Dictionary of Irish Biography, a project of the Royal Irish Academy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/attracht-adrochta-attracta-a0269
  • Description: Saint in the Irish tradition and founder and first abbess of Cell Sáile
  • Article Type: Encyclopedia
  • Subject (See Also): Abbesses Attracht, Saint Hagiography Ireland Monasticism Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 7
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  • Author's Affiliation: Editor of the Monasticon Hibernicum (https://monasticon.celt.dias.ie/), a searchable database of Irish ecclesiastical sites 5th to 12th centuries.
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 2009.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available