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Many legends are told of Saint Colman and of his holy well with its sacred ducks. In former days a large pond supplied from the well, where for ages after St. Colman's death a number of ducks were kept, which were believed to be under the saint's special protection, and on this account were regarded with affection and treated with great tenderness.
Saint Patrick, woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle. In Christianity, certain deceased Christians are recognized as saints, including some from Ireland.The vast majority of these saints lived during the 4th–10th centuries, the period of early Christian Ireland, when Celtic Christianity produced many missionaries to Great Britain and the European continent.
Blaise is a saint in the Catholic, Western Rite Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches and is the patron saint of wool combers and of sufferers from ENT illnesses. In the Latin Church, his feast falls on 3 February. In the Eastern Churches, it is on 11 February.
Brigid of Kildare (c. 451 – 525), nicknamed "Mary of the Gaels," is also named as Ireland's patron saint, a companion to Patrick or even Ireland's "matron saint." [ 61 ] [ 62 ] [ 58 ] Columba or Colmcille (521–597) is also a patron saint of Ireland; the three are claimed to be buried together at Downpatrick .
Saint Colman mac Duagh (c. 560 – 29 October 632) was born at Corker, Kiltartan, County Galway, Ireland, the son of the Irish chieftain Duac (and thus, in Irish, mac Duach). He initially lived as a recluse, living in prayer and prolonged fastings, first on Inismore, then in a cave at the Burren in County Clare .
Flag of St Piran, used as a flag of Cornwall St Piran portrayed in a stained glass window in Truro Cathedral. This is a list of Cornish saints, including saints more loosely associated with Cornwall: many of them will have links to sites elsewhere in regions with significant ancient British history, such as Wales, Brittany or Devon.
St. Senan's Primary School is located on Vinegar Hill, Enniscorthy. [10] St. Senan's National School is located in Shannon. [7] His patron day on 8 March was an important day of pilgrimage to Inis Cathaig. [12] The surname 'Gilsenan' in present-day is thought to have been the name for the followers of Saint Senan.
Athracht (Modern Irish Naomh Athracht; [1] in Latin sources Attracta) is the patron saint of the parish of Locha Techet (Lough Gara) and Tourlestrane, County Sligo, Ireland. She was a sister of Bishop Conal of Drumconnell. Her feast day is 11 August.