Attracta

Attracta

Infobox Saint
name=Saint Attracta
birth_date=6th century
death_date=6th century
feast_day=August 11
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church


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patronage=Tourlestrane, Co. Sligo, Ireland
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Saint Attracta (also called Araght, and "Naomh Adhracht" in Irish) is the patron saint of the parish of Tourlestrane, Co. Sligo, Ireland. Her legend states that she fled from home and took her vows as a nun under Saint Patrick at Coolavin. She then moved to Lough Gara, where she founded a hostel for travellers at a place now called Killaraght in her honor. The hostel survived until 1539. [Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. "The Penguin Dictionary of Saints". 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.]

She is reputed to have defeated a dragon that was killing farmers' livestock. A local well is named after her, as is the new secondary school in Tubbercurry and the parish's second church in Kilmactigue. [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062d.htm St. Attracta] - Catholic Encyclopedia article]

She lived in the sixth or seventh century. Local tradition remembers her great healing powers. Her convents were famous for hospitality and charity to the poor.

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*Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. "The Penguin Dictionary of Saints". 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.


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