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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 .
Kilmacduagh Monastery is located in a small village of the same name, about 5 km from the town of Gort.. The name of the place translates as "church of Duagh's son". [1] It was reportedly the 7th century Saint Colman, son of Duagh who established a monastery here on land given to him by his cousin King Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin of Connacht, who had a fortified dwelling near what is today ...
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Since 1976, Kilmacduagh has been one of the sees held by the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe. [2] [3] In the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church bishopric of Kilmacduagh continued as a separate title until 1750 when Pope Benedict XIV decreed that it be united with the bishopric of Kilfenora.
Colman of Kilmacduagh, 7th-century Bishop of Kilmacduagh; Colmán of Kilroot, contemporary of St. Ailbe; Colmán of Lindisfarne (died 676), bishop of Lindisfarne; Colmán of Lann, patron saint of Lann; St. Colman (martyr) (7th century), companion of St Kilian and St Totnan; Coloman of Stockerau (Colmán) (died 1012), Irish pilgrim martyred in ...
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.
The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora (Irish: Deoise na Gaillimhe, Chill Mhic Duaich agus Chill Fhionnúrach) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the west of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Tuam and is subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuam .
St. Therese Chinese Catholic School St. Therese Campus in Chinatown, Chicago. Christ the King School; Our Lady of the Snows School; Pope John Paul II Catholic School The sponsoring parishes of Pope John Paul II are Immaculate Conception Parish (2745 West 44th Street), St. Pancratius Parish, Our Lady of Fatima Parish, and Five Holy Martyrs ...