Blessed Christian O'Conarchy

Also known as: Giolla Criost Ua Condoirche
Memorial: 18 March
Profile: Student and archdeacon of Saint Malachy O'More at Armagh, Ireland. Received the Cistercian habit at Clairvaux, France in 1139 from Saint Bernard. Abbot of the first Cistercian monastery in Ireland in 1142. Bishop of Lismore, Ireland in 1150. Papal legate for Ireland. In old age he retired to live as a prayerful monk at the abbey of Odorney.
Born: c.1100 at Bangor, County Down, Ireland
Died: 1186 at Odorney abbey of natural causes
Additional Information: Catholic Online
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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