Saint Colman of Dromore

Also known as

• Mocholmoc
• Mocholmog

Memorial

• 7 June
• 27 October

Profile

Knew Saint Patrick. Studied at Noendrum under Saint Mochae of Noendrum, and then under Saint Ailbe of Emly. First abbot of Muckmore Abbey, County Antrim, Ireland. Founding abbot-bishop of the diocese of Dromore, County Down, Ireland c.514. Taught Saint Finnian of Clonard. Friend and advisor to Saint Macanisius. Miracle worker.

Canonized

• 1903 (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

• diocese of Dromore, Ireland

Additional Information

• Battersby’s Registry for the Whole World
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Colman of Dromore“. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 June 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>