Blathmac was an Irish monk born around 750 who later became a martyr on the island of Iona. Born into a noble family, he reportedly abandoned a potential life as a prince to pursue religious devotion. He eventually served as an abbot in Ireland before moving to the community at Iona in 824. His life and death were recorded by the Benedictine Abbot Strabo, who documented the circumstances surrounding his death during a Viking raid.