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Also known as Saint Eunan.
Abbot, born Drumhome, Donegal, Ireland, c.624; died Iona, Ireland, 704.
He entered the monastery of Iona, 650, and was elected abbot in 679.
On a visit to Ireland he introduced the Roman method of reckoning Easter.
He is the author of a biography of Saint Columba and "Adamnan's Vision."
First bishop of the diocese of Raphoe, Ireland, and one of its patron saints.
Feast, 23 September.
New Catholic Dictionary
