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Irish -St. Senan of Scattery-8 March 2017

Irish -St. Senan of Scattery-8 March 2017

St Senan is associated especially with Scattery Island or Inis Cathaigh, in the estuary of the River Shannon St. Senan of Scattery (Senames) Died c. 560. Senan was the principal of the numerous Irish saints with this name, and is credited with making a remarkable succession of monastic foundations on islands at the mouths of rivers and elsewhere, from the Slaney in Wexford to the coast of Clare.…

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Celtic St. Kentigerna-7 January 2017

Celtic St. Kentigerna-7 January 2017

Loch Lomond, looking south from Ben Lomond. St. Kentigerna of Loch Lomond, Widow (Caentigern, Quentigerna) (~733) Memorial, Commemorated on January 7 Widowed hermitess, mother of St. Coellan and daughter of Kelly. the prince of Leinster, Ireland. When her husband died she went to Inchebroida Island in Loch Lomond, Scotland. A church there is dedicated to her memory. Extended Biography Catholic…

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Celtic-St. Rumon-4 and 5 January 2017

Celtic-St. Rumon-4 and 5 January 2017

St. Rumon  (Born c.AD 515) (Welsh-Rhufon, Latin-Romanus, English-Ronan) Memorial 30 August 5 January (translation of relics) translated from Ruan Lanihorne monastery to Tavistock, England on 5 January 981 1 June (Brittany) 22 July (Ireland) 28 August (England) Canonized Pre-congregation 1 Rumon is a saint of some controversy. He is chiefly the patron of Tavistock in Devon, but also apparently of…

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