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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Life of Saint Mochuda of Lismore
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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