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Comgall
Irish saint, founder of the monastery at Bangor
Feast: 10 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Comgall was born in Dalaradia in Ulster between 510 and 520. After serving as a soldier he studied under St Finnian at Clonard and St Ciaran at Clonmacnoise, then lived a very severe monastic life on an island in Lough Erne.
Persuaded to stay in Ireland, he spread the monastic life across the country and founded the great monastery of Bangor, not later than 552, where St Columbanus studied under him. He died in 602 (or 597).
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The founder of Bangor, from which monks carried the Faith across Europe.
Connected on this site
- Ciarán of Clonmacnoise Saint Teacher
- Columbanus Saint Pupil
- Finnian of Moville Saint Teacher
- Fintan Saint Teacher
- Mobhí Saint Teacher
- Mochaomhóg Saint Pupil
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - St. Comgall
- Wikidata Q1282428 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Comgall (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.