Fintan of Clonenagh
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Saint Fintan was born in Leinster. He received his religious formation in Terryglass, Co. Tipperary under the abbot Colum, and was deeply influenced by his penitential practices and the severity of the Rule. Fintan made his own foundation in Clonenagh, Co. Laois. He died in 603.
[edit] Further reading
- Sperber, Ingrid, "'Late and not of special distinction'? The misunderstood Life of St Fintan of Clonenagh" in Ossory, Laois and Leinster, volume 1 (2004), pp. 28–49. ISSN 1649-4938
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
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