Saint Aedh Dubh

Also known as

• Aedh of Kildare

Memorial

• 4 January

Profile

King of Leinster, Ireland. He abdicated in 592 to become a monk at Kildare, Ireland. Bishop of Kildare in 630.

Born

• Irish

Died

• 639 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aedh Dubh”. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-aedh-dubh/>