Finian Lobhar
| Finian the Leper | |
|---|---|
| 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 with founding a church and monastery at Innisfallen in Killarney.[1]
Saint Finian was a disciple of St. Columba. He was a strict Irish abbot, whose monks followed a vegetarian diet.[2] 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, who he had cured of the disease.[3] A conflicting source, however, says that he only cured the boy and did not contract leprosy himself.[4] His feast day is on March 16.[2]
References
- 1 2 http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3366
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "St. Finian Lobhar - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online". www.catholic.org. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
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