Feast day: November 27 Born c. 375. Died 447. Sechnall was sent
from Gaul in 439(?) to assist his uncle, Saint Patrick, in
Ireland, together with Auxilius and Iserninus. He became the
first bishop of Dunslaughlin in Meath, and then auxiliary bishop
of Armagh. He wrote several hymns, notably the alphabetical hymn
Audites, omnes amantes Deum (the oldest known Latin hymn written
in Ireland) in honor of Patrick and the earliest Latin hymn in
Ireland, and Sancti, venite, Christi corpus sumite. Printed with
permission from Catholic-Defense.