Beog (or Beocc)

Beog (Or Beocc)

an Irish saint, commemorated Oct. 25, is most probably the St. Dabeoc who, when living in a penal cave" on the island in Lough Derg, afterwards made famous as the scene of St. Patrick's Purgatory, saw a bright light in the north, and told his disciples that this represented the glory of St. Columba, afterwards to be born in that region. His Life is given by O'Hanlon, Lives of Irish Saints, i, 11-16.