Saint Cummian Fada

Memorial

• 12 November

Profile

Columban monk in Clonfert, Ireland. Founded a monastery at the area which became known as Kilcummin in his honour, and served as its abbot. Supported the Roman system of determining the date of Easter, a matter of great dispute at the time.

Died

• 662 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Cummian Fada”. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 November 2010. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-cummian-fada/>