Saint Conleth
- Also known as
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Conlaed
Conlaeth
Conlaid
Conlaith
Conlath
Conleat
Conlethus
Conlian
- Memorial
- 10 May
- Profile
- Skilled worker in gold and silver, and manuscript illuminator.
Hermit in a cell in Old Connell, Ireland near the Liffey river.
His reputation for holiness attrached would-be disciples.
Friend of and co-worker with Saint Brigid; they ran first double monastery together.
First bishop of Kildare, Ireland c.490.
Baptised Saint Tigernach of Clogher
Died while on pilgrimage to Rome.
- Born
- c.450 in Ireland
- Died
- attacked by wolves on 3 May 519 in the forests of Leinster, Ireland;
buried nearby;
relics translated to the Kildare cathedral in 799;
relics taken to Connell in 835 to protect them from Danish invaders
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- diocese of Kildare, Ireland
- Additional Information
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Kirken i Norge - norwegian
Patrician Primary School, Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
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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