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Also known as

• Senames
• Senan of Scattery
• Senames of Inis Cathaigh

Memorial

• 8 March

Profile

Apparently born to a Christian farm family. Educated by Saint Naul and a saintly monk named Cassidan. Monk at Kilmanagh (Kilkenny), Ireland. Founded a monastery at Enniscorthy, Ireland. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy and to Tours, France, a center of monasticism at the time. Founded several churches and monasteries including houses at Iniscarra, Ireland. Spiritual teacher of Saint Aiden of Lindesfarne. Aquaintance of Saint David of Wales, and friend of Saint Cannera of Inis Cathaig. In later life he retired to Inish Cathaig (Scattery Island) on the river Shannon; the river is believed to have been named for him. Bishop. Legend says that he chased away the Cathach, a type of monstrous sea serpent, from the island by ordering it, in the name of the Trinity, to depart.

Born

• c.488 at Corca Bhaisin, County Clare, Ireland
• tradition says that Saint Patrick predicted his birth

Died

• 8 March 544 on Inish Cathaig, Ireland of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by W H Grattan-Flood
• Clare Library
• Early History of Ireland: Ecclesiastical, by James F Kenney
• Father Senan Hedderman
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• Google Directory
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Senan”. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-senan/>