He is sometimes claimed as one of the pre-Patrician saints, but the annals note his death in 528. A tradition held that he went to Rome and was ordained bishop by the Pope. He founded the monastery of Emly, which became very important in Munster. Patron Saint of diocese of Cashel & Emly.

Saturday 13th September : St. John Chrysostom (347-407)

He was one of the four great Greek Doctors, the "Golden-mouthed" preacher, was Archbishop of Constantinople. He incurred much opposition and died in exile. Patron saint of preachers. 

The discovery of the True Cross is dated to 14 September 320. On 13 September 335 the churches on Calvary were dedicated and the cross that St. Helena discovered was venerated there the next day. The annual commemoration of that event has been celebrated since, in praise of the redemption won for us by Christ.

Mary, standing by the cross "suffered intensely with her only begotten Son and united herself as his Mother to his sacrifice, consenting with love to the offering of the victim who was born of her", whom she also offered to the eternal Father.

Cornelius became Pope in 251 and died in exile at Civitavecchia in 253. Patron of cattle and domestic animals.

Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, teacher and preacher, martyred in 258.

According to an unbroken tradition dating from the earliest times and confirmed int he writings of the Venerable Bede in the 8th century, a holy man named Nynia, born among the British people, introduced the Christian faith into a significant part of the land now known as Scotland long before the coming of Saint Columba. St. Ninian is acknowledged as Scotland's first saint with the date 397 AD celebrated as the beginning of his mission to his people.

Jesuit, Cardinal Bishop of Capua, involved in theological controversies of the time. Patron of catechists.

Founder of the monastery of Bingen (Germany) around 1150, she knew the natural sciences, was a musician and composer, a writer and mystic. Worked for the reform of religious life and the Church, she was canonised and declared a doctor of the Church in 2012.

17th September is the anniversary of the death in 1918 of Cardinal John Murphy Farley, 4th Archbishop of New York, native of Newtownhamilton (Lower Creggan Parish).

Bishop of Benevento, was martyred at Naples in 305, with six companions.