Nechtan

Nechtan or Nectan may refer to:

Kings

• Nechtan Morbet (fl. 5th or 6th century), king of the Picts
• Nechtan nepos Uerb (fl. 7th century), king of the Picts
• Nechtan mac Der-Ilei (died 732), king of the Picts

Other people

• Nechtan of Aberdeen (fl. 12th century), bishop of Aberdeen
• Saint Nectan of Hartland (fl. 5th/6th century), associated with Devon and Cornwall
• Saint Nectan, nephew and disciple of Saint Patrick

Mythology

• Nechtan Scéne, a character in the Irish Ulster Cycle
• Nechtan (mythology), an Irish god
• Nechtan mac Collbran, an Irish mythological character in the Voyage of Bran

See also

• Neithon of Alt Clut (fl. 7th century), King of Strathclyde

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