Name
Comgall, abbot of Bangor (north-east Ireland), ob. 601/2
Saint ID
S02244
Number in BH
BHL 1909-1910
Reported Death Not Before
601
Reported Death Not After
602
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monastic founders, Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E06059 | Adomnán, 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. | E07615 | Jonas' Lives of *Columbanus (monk and missionary in Ireland, Gaul and Italy, ob. 615, S01983) and his Disciples records the life, miracles and death of the saint, followed by accounts of miracles performed through *Athala (second abbot of Bobbio (northern Italy), ob. 625/6 S01948), *Eustasius (second abbot of Luxeuil (eastern Gaul), ob. 629, S02255) and *Bertulf (third abbot of Bobbio, ob. 639, S02828), together with those that took place among the nuns of Faremoutiers (northern Gaul). Written in Latin, possibly at Marchiennes (north-east Gaul), 642/3. |
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