Saint Colman of Kilmacduagh
- 29 October
- 2 February on some rolls
Profile
Son of a chieftain named Duagh. Hermit in Arranmore where he built two churches. His reputation for holiness attracted too much attention, so he retreated to the woods of Burren in 592 to live in isolation. In 610, on land donated by King Guaire of Connacht, he founded a monastery which became the center of the diocese of Kilmacduagh. He reluctantly served as the house’s first abbot, the diocese’s first bishop.
Born
- 29 October 632 of natural causes
- 1903 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Additional Information
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by W H Grattan-Flood
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
