Finian Lobhar
Finian the Leper | |
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Saint | |
Born | Bregia, Leinster, Ireland |
Died | 560 AD |
Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
Feast | 16 March |
Saint Finian the Leper (Irish: Saint Finian Lobhar) was an early Irish saint credited by some sources with founding a church and monastery at Innisfallen in Killarney.[1][a]
Life
Saint Finian was a disciple of St. Columba. He was a strict Irish abbot, whose monks followed a vegetarian diet.[3] For a period of time, he stayed in Clonmore, later becoming the abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin.[1] He may have returned to Clonmore in his later years, and was called Lobhar, "The Leper". Following the custom, he acquired the name when he contracted leprosy from a young boy, whom he had cured of the disease.[4] A conflicting source, however, says that he only cured the boy and did not contract leprosy himself.[5] His feast day is 16 March.[3]
Notes
References
- ^ a b "St. Finian Lobhar", Catholic Online, retrieved 6 July 2021
- ^ Healy 1890, pp. 439–440.
- ^ a b Alban, Butler (1821). The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints. London: John Murphy. p. 165.
- ^ Bunson, Matthew, Margaret, and Stephen (2003). Our Sunday Visitor's: Encyclopedia of Saints (Revised). Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor. p. 324. ISBN 1-931709-75-0.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "St. Finian Lobhar - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online". www.catholic.org. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
Sources
- Healy, John (1890), Insula Sanctorum Et Doctorum, BoD – Books on Demand, ISBN 978-3-7523-3423-4
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