Saint Conleth

Also known as
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
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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