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Cocca

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Coga, Choca, or Cuach), of Cill-Choca, a female Irish saint, commemorated January 8 and June 6, is supposed to be the same as elsewhere called Ercuat (q.v.) or Erguat, the cook and embroideress or robemaker of St. Columba, Cocca being a form of "Coqua," a cook (Todd and Reeves, Mart. Doneg. page 379; O'Hanlon, Irish Saints, 1:136.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cocca'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/cocca.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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