Saint Aengus the Culdee

Also known as
Angus
Ceile De
Dengus
Memorial
11 March
Profile
Hermit or culdee near the river Nore where he was known to commune with angels. Hermit near Maryborough. His reputation for holiness attracted so many would-be students that he retired to be a lay brother at the monastery of Tallaght near Dublin under the abbacy of Saint Maelruan. With Maelruan he wrote the Martyrology of Tallaght in 790. Wrote Felire, a poetic version of the martyrology. These works complete, he resumed life as a hermit.
Born
near Clonenagh, Ireland
Died
11 March 824 of natural causes; buried in Clonenagh, Ireland
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Additional Information
New Catholic Dictionary The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
Works
Felire
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