Saint Daig MacCairaill
- Also known as
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Dagaeus MacCairaill
Daganus MacCairaill
Daig of Iniskin
- Memorial
- 18 August
- Profile
- Spiritual student of Saint Finnian of Clonard.
Bishop of Inish Cain Dega (Iniskeen or Iniskin), Ireland.
He founded a monastery there, and served as its abbot.
The Book of Leinster describes him as a one of the Three Master Craftsmen of Ireland, though its unclear exactly what this means.
- Born
- Irish
- Died
- 586
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
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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