Saint Ruadhan of Lorrha
Also known as
- Rodan of Lorrha
- Ruadan of Lorrha
Profile
Related to the royal family of Munster (part of modern Ireland. Studied under Saint Finian of Clonard. Founded the monastery of Lorrha c.545, and served as its first abbot. His brother monks produced the Stowe Missal, and his abbot‘s bell is preserved in the British Museum. Ruadhan’s embassy to King Dermot of Tara in 556 is recounted in the romance the Cursing of Tara where he is supposed to have cursed Dermot for violating the sanctuary of the Lorrha monastery in order to capture the king of Connaught. Considered a confessor of the faith, and one of the Twelve Apostles of Erin.
Born
- Leinster, Ireland
- 5 April 584 in the monastery of Lorrha, County Tipperary, Ireland of natural causes
- his hand was preserved in a silver shrine in Lorrha, but destroyed during the Reformation
Name Meaning
- red-haired (Irish)
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by W H Grattan-Flood
- For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
- Google Directory
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
MLA Citation
- “Saint Ruadhan of Lorrha”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-ruadhan-of-lorrha/>
