Saint Máedóc of Ferns (Old Irish: [ˈmaiðoːɡ]; fl. 6th & 7th century), also known as Saint Aidan (Irish: Áedan; Welsh: Aeddan; Latin: Aidanus and Edanus)...

as having noble birth. He was baptised Máel Máedóc, meaning 'devotee or servant' of Máedóc (Máedóc of Ferns) which was rendered Malachus in Latin (and...

one of the four great patrons of Ireland. His feast day is 12 September. He is the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The life of Ailbe...

Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigid of Kildare and Columba. Patrick...

of Angus (ruled from before c. 1189) Saint Máedóc of Ferns (550–632), also known as Áedan Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (died 651), Irish missionary and...

Tuam Saint Conleth of Kildare Saint Aidan of Ferns Saint Aengus MacNissi of Connor Saint Aedh Mac Cairtinn of Clogher Saint Fachanan of Kilfenora Blessed...

Likely built on the site of an early Christian monastic site founded by Máedóc of Ferns, the standing remains were built by Diarmait Mac Murchada c.1160. The...

Faircheallaigh was the son of Ailill, a 7th-great-grandson of Niall, King of Ireland. He was made the heir of Saint Máedóc of Ferns in the 7th century and...

Adhamhnán), was an abbot of Iona Abbey (r. 679–704), hagiographer, statesman, canon jurist, and saint. He was the author of the Life of Columba (Latin: Vita...

County Wexford, site of the monastery of the saint Máedóc of Ferns (d. 626 or 632). In early times the kings of Leinster came from the Uí Ceinnselaig...

dedicated is Máedóc of Ferns (feast day 31 January), also known as Áedan or Aidan, who died in 626, and not to be confused with St. Aidan of Lindisfarne...

Brendan of Clonfert (c. AD 484 – c. 577) is one of the early Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is also referred to as...

Aidan of Lindisfarne (Irish: Naomh Aodhán; died 31 August 651) was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity...

2006 – Sára Bejlek, Czech tennis player 632 – Máedóc of Ferns, Irish bishop and saint (b. 550) 876 – Hemma of Altdorf, Frankish queen 985 – Ryōgen, Japanese...

relied on reports of monks who still knew Columbanus. A description of miracles of Columbanus written by an anonymous monk of Bobbio is of much later date...

inauguration ceremony. First documented in the 12th century Life of Máedóc of Ferns, but assumed to have been used long before then, it is last documented...

Finnian of Clonard, Ferns Abbey founded by Máedóc of Ferns, Tallaght Monastery founded by Máel Ruain (part of the Culdee movement) and St Mullin's Monastery...

typically large soundbox, decorated with Gaelic designs. The Irish Saint Máedóc of Ferns reliquary shrine dates from c.1100, and clearly shows King David with...

hagiography, she was an Irish nun of the 5th or 6th century who founded a church in Cornwall. The village and civil parish of Breage in Cornwall are named...

Saint Máedóc of Ferns was the founder of an early Drumlane monastery. Saint Máedóc made the Connachta nobleman Faircheallaigh the first Abbot of Drumlane...

of the Church of Ireland. The remote abbey of Clonmore was founded in the 6th century by Máedóc of Ferns. It flourished until the 11th century and taught...

Martyrs of Nicomedia (304–305) Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (320) Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II (4th century) Martyrs of Córdoba (850–859) Martyrs of Otranto...

of waterfalls. The first church on the site was founded by Saint Máedóc of Ferns who died in Country Leitrim circa 632. Before he died, Saint Máedóc made...

Death of St. Finnian of Clonard, who founded Clonard Abbey. 550 Birth of Bishop Máedóc of Ferns (St. Áedan or Mogue) on Magh Slécht. 552 Death of St. Finnian...

Israeli singer Idan Zalmanson (born 1995), Israeli basketball player Máedóc of Ferns (558-632), also referred to as Saint Edan Abdullah Al-Edan, Qatar football...

Abel (fl. 744–747) served as the Bishop of Reims in Francia, now modern-day France. He has sometimes been venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church,...

6 mi) south of Ferns, on the south side of the River Bann. Clone Church is built on the site of an earlier monastic foundation by Máedóc of Ferns (Aidan,...

beginnings of the religion. Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to tell these stories throughout the history of the Church...

is held to be the author of the Félire Óengusso ("Martyrology of Óengus") and possibly the Martyrology of Tallaght. Little of Óengus's life and career...

(The Barony of Lurg in the north of County Fermanagh was named after them.) He was a first cousin of Saint Mogue. (The Life of Máedóc of Ferns says in ch...