Saint Conleth of Kildare

Also known as

• Conlaed
• Conlaeth
• Conlaid
• Conlaith
• Conlath
• Conleat
• Conleath
• Conlethus
• Conlian

Memorial

• 10 May
• 3 May on some calendars

Profile

Skilled worker in gold and silver, and manuscript illuminator. Hermit in a cell in Old Connell, Ireland near the Liffey river. His reputation for holiness attracted would-be disciples. Friend of and co-worker with Saint Brigid; they ran first double monastery together. First bishop of Kildare, Ireland c.490. Baptised Saint Tigernach of Clogher. Died while on pilgrimage to Rome, Italy.

Born

• c.450 in Ireland

Died

• attacked by wolves on 3 May 519 in the forests of Leinster, Ireland
• buried nearby
• relics translated to the Kildare cathedral in 799
• relics taken to Connell in 835 to protect them from Danish invaders

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Kildare, Ireland, diocese of

Additional Information

• Battersby’s Registry for the Whole World
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Patrician Primary School, Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Conleth of Kildare”. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 April 2012. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-conleth-of-kildare/>