Saint Carthage the Younger
- Also known as
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Carthach the Younger
Carthagus the Younger
Mochuda
- Memorial
- 14 May
- Profile
- Swineherd near Castlemaine.
Monk.
Spiritual student of Saint Carthage the Elder.
Priest.
Hermit at Kiltallagh in 580.
He attracted would-be students, founded the monastery of Rahan in County Offaly c.590, and served as its abbot.
Abbot-Bishop of the Fercal district.
He composed a rule for his monks.
Wrote a metrical poem of 580 lines.
Exiled from Rahan in 635 with 800 of his brother monks.
With them he established a monastery which later became the famous school of Lismore.
- Born
- 555 in County Kerry, Ireland
- Died
- 637 at Lismore, Ireland;
buried in the church there
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- diocese of Waterford and Lisman, Ireland
- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
Life of Saint Mochuda of Lismore
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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