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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.
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]
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 ...
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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 ...
La Mirada High School is a public high school in La Mirada, California. It is a member school of the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District which was built in 1960 as one of three high schools in the district. After the Norwalk/La Mirada School District voted to close William N. Neff High School in 1980, Neff High School students began ...
It has schools in both Norwalk and La Mirada areas. The school district serves most of Norwalk and La Mirada and Santa Fe Springs (the NLM portion of Santa Fe Springs contains only business areas, no residents). John Lopez has been the superintendent of the school district since the 2020–2021 school year.
The Abbot of Clonard was the monastic head of Clonard Abbey, which is in modern-day County Meath, Ireland. The abbey was founded by Saint Finnian in the early sixth century. After the death of Saint Finnian, the abbots bore the title " Comarbai Finnéin " (i.e. "successor of Saint Finnian").