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Finnian and his pupils in a stained glass window at the Church of St. Finian in Clonard. Finnian came first to Aghowle in County Wicklow at the foot of Sliabh Condala, where Oengus, the king of Leinster granted him a site. He then founded a monastic community on Skellig Michael, off the coast of Kerry, 'though this is doubted by historians. [7]
St. Finnian imparting his blessing to the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. The Twelve Apostles of Ireland (also known as Twelve Apostles of Erin, Irish: Dhá Aspal Déag na hÉireann) were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finnian (d. 549) at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird (Erard's Meadow), now Clonard in County Meath.
The abbot of Clonard led the clergy of the midlands in the same fashion that the abbot of Armagh led those in the north. [4] During its heyday, a hymn written in Finnian's honour claimed that the monastery's school housed 3,000 pupils receiving religious instruction at any given time. [5] A great part of the abbey erected by St. Finian was ...
The Irish Scholarly Presence at St. Gall: Networks of Knowledge in the Early Middle Ages. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350129405. Meens, Rob (2014). Penance in Medieval Europe, 600–1200. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521872126. Mistry, Zubin (2015). Abortion in the Early Middle Ages c. 500−900. York Medieval Press. ISBN 9781903153574.
Saint Abra of Poitiers, daughter of St Hilary of Poitiers in France (c. 360) [14] [note 5] Saint Corentinus of Quimper, first Bishop of Quimper in Brittany, he had lived as a hermit at Plomodiern (490) [14] Saint Finian of Clonard and Skellig Michael, teacher of Ireland and one of the fathers of Irish monasticism (549) [3] [14] [16] [note 6]
Finnian (also Finian, Fionán or Fionnán in Irish; or Finianus and Finanus in its Latinised form) may refer to: Finnian of Movilla (495–589), Christian missionary to Ireland; Finnian of Clonard (470–549), Irish founder of the monastery of Clonard; Finian Lobhar an early Irish saint credited with founding a church and monastery at ...
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The rule of Clonard was known for its strictness and asceticism. Pupils of Finnian who became the founding fathers of monasteries are described as leaving Clonard bearing a book or crozier or some other object, suggesting that a working scriptorium and craft workshops were established at Clonard at an early date. [71]