Saint Macanisius
- Also known as
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Aengus McNisse
Angus MacNisse
Macanisius of Kells
Macnisius
Mac Nissi
MacNissi
Oengus Mac Nisse
- Memorial
- 4 September
- Profile
- Baptized as an infant by Saint Patrick.
Spiritual student of Saint Olean.
Pilgrim to Rome and the Holy Lands.
Priest.
Consecrated as abbot-bishop of Kells by Saint Patrick.
Friend of Saint Colmon of Dromore.
Probable founder of the Kells monastery, which became the diocese of Connor.
Among other miracles attributed to him, he is reported to have changed the course of a river for the convenience of his monks, and to have rescued a child about to be executed for his father's crime by having the boy picked up by the wind and carried to him.
- Born
- Irish
- Died
- 514 of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- diocese of Connor, Ireland
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
Catholic Online
Kirken i Norge norwegian
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
- Print References
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
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