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Saint Blathmac was a distinguished Irish monk b. in Ireland about 750. He was murdered and became a martyr in Iona about 825. His biography written by Strabo the Benedictine Abbot of Reichenau (824–849) and thus the story of his martyrdom has been handed down.Blathmac the scion of a noble family early showed a religious turn of mind and longed to be enrolled in the noble army of martyrs a wish which was afterwards fulfilled.