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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Colmán moccu Loígse, bishop in Leinster (Ireland), 6th c.

Saint ID

S02250

Reported Death Not Before

563

Reported Death Not After

597

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06062Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), describes how the saint knew miraculously of the death of *Colmán moccu Loígse (bishop in Leinster, 6th c., S02250) and how he added his name into the liturgy next to (or in place of) that of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin at Iona, 696/704.