Saint Colman of Kilmacduagh
- Memorial
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29 October
2 February on some rolls
- Profile
- Son of a chieftain named Duagh.
Hermit in Arranmore where he built two churches.
His reputation for holiness attracted too much attention, so he retreated to the woods of Burren in 592 to live in isolation.
In 610, on land donated by King Guaire of Connacht, he founded a monastery which became the center of the diocese of Kilmacduagh.
He reluctantly served as the house's first abbot, the diocese's first bishop.
- Born
- c.560 at Kiltartan, Ireland
- Died
- 29 October 632 of natural causes
- Canonized
- 1903 (cultus confirmed)
- Patronage
- diocese of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia, by W H Grattan-Flood
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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