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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Cainnech, abbot of Aghaboe (southern Ireland), ob. c. 600

Saint ID

S02242

Reported Death Not Before

599

Reported Death Not After

600

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Monastic founders, Miracle-workers in lifetime
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.