May 132010
![[Saint Carthage the Younger]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-carthage-the-younger/saint-carthage-the-younger.jpg "jpg photograph of a bas-relief statue of Saint Carthage the Younger; statue on the north side of the altar tomb of John and Catherine McGrathin in the nave of Saint Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland; carved in 1543; photo taken by Andreas F Borchert on 3 August 2007; swiped off Wikipedia")
Also known as
- Carthach Mochuda
- Carthach the Younger
- Carthagus the Younger
- Mo Chutu mac Fínaill
- Mochuda of Lismore
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Swineherd near Castlemaine, Ireland. Monk. Spiritual student of Saint Carthage the Elder. Priest. Hermit at Kiltallagh, Ireland in 580. He attracted would-be students, founded the monastery in Raithean in County Offaly, Ireland c.590, and served as its abbot. Abbot-Bishop of the Fercal district. He composed a rule for his monks. Wrote a metrical poem of 580 lines. Exiled from Raithean in 635 with 800 of his brother monks. With them he established a monastery which later became the famous school of Lismore.
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Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Kirken i Norge
- Life of Saint Mochuda of Lismore
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Wikipedia
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