Saint Finian Lobhar
- Also known as
- Finian the Leper
- Memorial
- 16 March
- Profile
- Disciple of Saint Columba.
Founded a church and monastery at Innisfallen, Ireland.
Monk at Clonmore, Ireland.
Abbot of Swords abbey near Dublin, Ireland.
In his later years he retired to Clonmore to spend his last days as a prayerful monk.
He was called Lobhar (the Leper) because he briefly contracted leprosy when he miraculously cured a young boy of the disease.
- Born
- at Bregia, Leinster, Ireland
- Died
- c.560 at Clonmore, Ireland of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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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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