Saint Colman of Cloyne

Also known as: 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: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia, by W H Grattan-Flood
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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