Feast November 24
Colmán of Cloyne
Religious founder, patron of Patron Saint of the Diocese of Cloyne · Feast November 24
Biography
Colmán of Cloyne, also Colmán mac Léníne, was a monk, founder and patron of Cluain Uama, now Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland, and one of the earliest known Irish poets to write in the vernacular.
Feast day
November 24
Patronage
Patron Saint of the Diocese of Cloyne
of its cathedral in Cóbh.
Birth date
15 October 522
Death date
600-11-24
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
11
Feast day of month
24