Ailbe

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Saint Ailbe
Born	5th Century
Died	528
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Feast	September 12
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Saint Ailbe is sometimes claimed as one of the pre-Patrician saints, but the annals note his death in 528. A tradition held that he went to Rome and was ordained bishop by the Pope. He founded the monastery of Emly, which became very important in Munster. A ninth-century Rule bears his name.

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See article on this saint in Catholic Encyclopedia