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Nathalan

Gender
None
Floruit (period)
Early Christian
Floruit date range
? - ?
Description
Nathalan is localized at Deeside, Aberdeenshire. His feast day is commemorated on 8 January in the Aberdeen Breviary, where he is connected with Tullich in the diocese of Aberdeen, where he is said to be buried. There is no reliable historical information on him. See E. Johnston, 'Nathalan', ODNB.
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
Confessor Bishop 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
no ethnicity available
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
1 8 yes Nathalan, Bishop and Confessor None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
no attributes given
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations