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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Fintan/Munnu mac Tulcháin, abbot of Taghmon (south-east Ireland), ob. 635

Saint ID

S02206

Reported Death Not Before

635

Reported Death Not After

635

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Monastic founders
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06059Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), relates stories about the Irish saints *Fintan (abbot of Taghmon, ob. 635, S02206), *Cainnech (abbot of Aghaboe, ob. c. 600, S02242), *Colmán Elo (abbot of Lynally, ob. 611, S02243), *Cormac (monastic founder, 6th c., S02249), *Comgall (abbot of Bangor, ob. 601/2, S02244), *Uinniau (bishop, 6th c., S02245), and *Brendan (abbot of Birr, ob. 565/72, S02248). Written in Latin at Iona, 696/704.