Saint Kenneth

Also known as

• Canice
• Cainnech
• Kenny

Memorial

• 11 October

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Finian of Clonard and Saint Cadoc in Wales. Founded the Irish monasteries of Agahaboe and possibly Kilkenny, which is named after him. Evangelized in Scotland. First to build a church in the place now known as Saint Andrews.

Born

• c.525 in northern Ireland

Died

• c.599

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Kilkenny, Ireland

Additional Information

• Battersby’s Registry for the Whole World
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Kenneth”. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 July 2012. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-kenneth/>