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Saint’s Day

December 12th: Finnian of Clonard (?-549)

The abbot and founder of Clonard, where, reputedly, the ‘twelve apostles of Ireland’ were trained, was Finnian. He was the author of the earliest surviving Irish penitential manual. He founded monasteries at Rossacurra, Drumfea and Kilmaglush,…

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