Saint Celsus of Armagh
- Also known as
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Cellach Mac Aodh
Cellach Mc Aedh
Cellach of Armagh
- Memorial
- 1 April
- Profile
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Benedictine monk.
May have been a monk at Glastonbury.
Teacher at Oxford, England.
Last hereditary archbishop of Armagh, Ireland in 1106.
Built a reputation as a reformer and able administrator.
Travelled throughout Ireland, preaching reform and ensuring discipline.
Helped preside at the Synod of Rath Bresail in 1111, which helped align the Irish church administration with the rest of Europe.
Rebuilt the Armagh cathedral.
Peacemaker between warring Irish kings and chieftains.
Worked with, and ordained his friend Saint Malachy O'More.
From his deathbed, he appointed Malachy as Archbishop of Armagh, ending the tradition of hereditary succession to the see.
- Born
- 1079 in Ireland
- Died
- 1 April 1129 at Ardpatrick, Munster, Ireland of natural causes;
buried at Lismore
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