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Fintan
Irish saint of Leinster
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 17 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
525
Died
603
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Fintan of Clonenagh (c. 526 – 603) was an Irish hermit and monk. He was an abbot and disciple of Columba of Terryglass.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- Comgall Saint Pupil
Sources
- Wikidata Q3072671 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Fintan of Clonenagh (CC BY-SA)
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