Saint Finian Lobhar

Also known as

• Finian the Leper

Memorial

• 16 March

Profile

Disciple of Saint Columba. Founded a church and monastery at Innisfallen, Ireland. Monk at Clonmore, Ireland. Abbot of Swords abbey near Dublin, Ireland. In his later years he retired to Clonmore to spend his last days as a prayerful monk. He was called Lobhar (the Leper) because he briefly contracted leprosy when he miraculously cured a young boy of the disease.

Born

• at Bregia, Leinster, Ireland

Died

• c.560 at Clonmore, Ireland of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Finian Lobhar“. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 April 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>