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  2. List of saints of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Saint Patrick, woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle. In Christianity, certain deceased Christians are recognized as saints, including some from Ireland.The vast majority of these saints lived during the 4th–10th centuries, the period of early Christian Ireland, when Celtic Christianity produced many missionaries to Great Britain and the European continent.

  3. Ciarán of Clonmacnoise - Wikipedia

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    Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (c. 516 – c. 549), [2] supposedly born Ciarán mac an tSaeir ("son of the carpenter"), [3] [4] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland [5] and the first abbot of Clonmacnoise. He is sometimes called Ciarán the Younger to distinguish him from the 5th-century Saint Ciarán the Elder who was bishop of Osraige.

  4. Twelve Apostles of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    St. Finnian imparting his blessing to the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. The Twelve Apostles of Ireland (also known as Twelve Apostles of Erin, Irish: Dhá Aspal Déag na hÉireann) were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finnian (d. 549) at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird (Erard's Meadow), now Clonard in County Meath.

  5. Who are patron saints and why do Catholics venerate them?

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    On Oct. 10, 2020, Carlo Acutis, a computer enthusiast, was beatified and given the title of “Blessed,” in the town of Assisi in Italy. Already, Catholics are calling this 15-year-old video ...

  6. Cainnech of Aghaboe - Wikipedia

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    Cainnech of Aghaboe (515/16–600), also known as Saint Canice in Ireland, Saint Kenneth in Scotland, Saint Kenny and in Latin Sanctus Canicus, was an Irish abbot, monastic founder, priest and missionary during the early medieval period.

  7. Saint Fiacre - Wikipedia

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    Saint Fiacre, 15th-century statue in the Church of Saint Taurin d'Évreux. "Though not mentioned in the earlier Irish calendars, Fiacre was born in Ireland at the end of the sixth century AD. He was raised in a monastery where he became a monk and imbibed knowledge of herbal medicine."

  8. Saint Kilian - Wikipedia

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    According to Irish sources, Kilian was born to noble parents in approximately the year 640 in Cloughballybeg, [1] near Mullagh in the south-east of what is now County Cavan in Ireland. Some records state that Kilian served as a monk in the celebrated monastery at Hy, being an early name for what was later known as Iona . [ 2 ]

  9. Mél of Ardagh - Wikipedia

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    Mél of Ardagh, also written Mel or Moel, was a 5th-century saint in Ireland who was a nephew of Saint Patrick. He was the son of Conis (or Chonis) and Patrick's sister, Darerca . [ 3 ] Saint Darerca was known as the "mother of saints" because most of her children (seventeen sons and two daughters) entered religious life, many were later ...