Saint Comgall of Bangor
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- Memorial
- 10 May
- Profile
- Son of Sedna.
Soldier.
Spiritual student of
Saint Fintan of Clonenagh and
Saint Kieran at Clonmacnoise.
Friend of
Saint Brendan,
Saint Cormac,
Saint Kevin and
Finbarr of Moville.
Ordained by Saint Lughaedh of Conmacnoise.
Spiritual teacher of Saint Cronan Mochua.
He and a few brother monks lived a very strict and austere life on an island on Lough Erne.
Among other houses, he founded the monastery at Bangor, County Down, Ireland in 552 and served as its first abbot; at one point it housed 8,000 monks.
Life there was harsh and adherence to the Rule strict, but the brothers were very close, and were encouraged to help and support each other.
Spiritual teacher of
Saint Blane,
Saint Cainnech,
Saint Columbanus,
Saint Deicola,
Saint Fintan of Doon,
Saint Gall,
Saint Lactali, and
Saint Mochoemoc.
Missionary to Scotland and the Picts.
A reported miracle worker, Comgall is said to have blinded a band of thieves as they approached the monastery, but restored eye sight to a penitent man.
Received Holy Communion on his death bed from Saint Fiacra.
- Born
- c.510 Dalaradia, near Magheramorne, County Antrim, Ireland
- Died
- 601 at Bangor Abbey, Ireland of natural causes
- Canonized
- 1903 (cultus confirmed)
- Representation
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abbot holding a stone, to whom an angel brings a fish
fish
pebble
- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts, by Abbie Farwell Brown
Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Ireland
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
Ireland's Eye
Sacred Heart Parish, Waterlooville
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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