Saint Colman of Cloyne
- Also known as
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Colman MacLenini;
Colman Mac Lenine;
Colman MacLenine
- Memorial
- 24 November
- Profile
- Son of Lenin.
Poet.
Royal bard, poet, musician, court historian, and genealogist at Cashel, Ireland.
Adult convert at age fifty, being baptized by Saint Brendan; he had become involved with Brendan and Christianity while helping recover the stolen shrine of Saint Ailbhe from a lake.
Priest.
Evangelist in Limerick and Cork.
Teacher of Saint Columba.
Bishop of Cloyne, county Cork, Ireland.
- Born
- 530 in Munster, Ireland
- Died
- c.600 of natural causes
- Canonized
- 1903 (cultus confirmed)
- Patronage
- diocese of Cloyne Ireland
- Additional Information
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For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Catholic Encyclopedia, by W H Grattan-Flood
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