Saint Aiden
- Also known as
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Edan
Maedoc
Modoc
- Memorial
- 31 January
- Profile
- Known for his piety even as a small child.
Studied scripture at the monastery of Saint David in Wales.
Reported to have saved the house on several occasions by miraculously turning back Saxon invasions
He returned to Ireland and built a monastery at Ferns, Wexford.
Bishop.
Miracle worker.
Once saved a hunted stag by making it invisible to the hounds chasing it.
- Born
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Connaught, Ireland
miraculous portents were reported at his birth
- Died
- 626 of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Representation
- with a stag
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Online
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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