About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- Variants
- Dagaeus
- Stronghold region
- Ulster
Overview
Borne by Saint Daig mac Cairill of Inniskeen, 6th-century bishop and master craftsman who reputedly made bells, croziers and reliquaries for many Irish saints.
The story behind Daig
Saint Daig of Inishkeen was reputed to have crafted three hundred bells, three hundred croziers and three hundred book-shrines as gifts to other Irish monasteries — making him patron of Irish ecclesiastical metalwork.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; 6th-century saint of Inniskeen.
Did you know?
Saint Daig mac Cairill was a metalworker who is said to have made bells, croziers and book-shrines for many monasteries.
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