Saint Blathmac was a distinguished Irish monk, b. in Ireland about 750. He was killed 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.