Saint Finian of Kinnitty

Also known as

• Finian Cam
• Finan
• Finnian

Memorial

• 7 April

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Spiritual student of Saint Brendan the Navigator. Founded a monastery at Kinnitty, County Offaly, Ireland.

Born

• Munster, Ireland

Died

• 6th-century

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Kinnitty, Ireland

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Irish High Crosses @ Kinnitty
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Finian of Kinnitty“. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 February 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>