Saint Kieran the Younger
- Also known as
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Ceran
Ciaran
Ciaran of Conmacnoise
Ciaran of Clonmacnoise
Kieran of Clonmacnoise
Kyran
Queran
Queranus
one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland
- Memorial
- 9 September
- Profile
- Son of Beoit, a carpenter and chariot builder.
Spiritual student of Saint Finian of Clonard and Saint Dermot.
Considered the most learned monk at Clonard.
Tutor to the daughter of the king of Cuala.
Lived seven years as a hermit at Inishmore with Saint Enda.
Monk at the abbey of Isel in central Ireland, but was run off by his brother monks - his charity to the local poor was so great that it threatened to bankrupt the abbey.
Lived for a while with eight other hermits on Inish Aingin.
Founder of the Conmacnois abbey in West Meath, and served as its first abbot.
Spiritual teacher of Saint Comgall of Bangor.
He placed that house under a singularly austere rule, referred to as the Law of Kieran to draw those monks who felt a need to ignore the physical world completely.
The house was known for centuries as a center of Irish learning and thought.
Reported miracle worker.
- Born
- c.516 at Connacht, County Roscommon, Ireland
- Died
- c.556 of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
Saint Kieran Catholic Church, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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