(died 542) Confessor, abbot and founder of Inisclothran, Loughrea, Ireland. His fame as a teacher, writer, and preacher attracted numerous disciples to him, among them Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnoise. He is said to have erected seven churches on his island, now called Quaker Island. Feast, January 10,.
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