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Comgall. Saint Comgall (c. 510–520 – 597/602), an early Irish saint, was the founder and abbot of the great Irish monastery at Bangor in Ireland. [1] Life. Comgall was born sometime between 510 and 520 in Dál nAraidi, Ulster according to the Irish annals near the place now known as Magheramorne in present-day County Antrim. [1] .
- 597 or 602
- 10 May
Saint Comgall. Alfred Webb. A Compendium of Irish Biography. 1878. Comgall, or Congal, Saint, was born in 516, of a distinguished Dalaradian family. As he grew up, religious yearnings pressed on him; he travelled, and found a home with St. Fintan at Clonenagh.
St. Comgall. Catholic Online. Saints & Angels. Facts. Feastday: May 10. Birth: 516. Death: 601. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable Catholic Saints PDFs. Shop St. Comgall. Abbot and teacher of St. Columbanus and the monks who evangelized France and central Europe.
Comgall, Saint, founder and abbot of the great Irish monastery at Bangor, flourished in the sixth century. The year of his birth is uncertain, but according to...
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10 May. Born in Ulster, Ireland, c. 517; died at Bangor, Ireland, in 603; some list his feast as May 11. It is said that Comgall was a warrior as a young man, but that he studied under Saint Fintan at Cluain Eidnech Monastery, was ordained a priest before he was 40, and with several companions became a hermit in Lough Erne.
Comgall. Contributed by. Breen, Aidan. Comgall (d. 602), founder and first abbot of the monastery of Bennchor (Bangor, Co. Down), was born into the tribal territory of Dál nAraide in north-east Ulster in the early sixth century (506 Ann. Inisf.; 515 AU; his genealogy is given in LL, 348d33).
Comgall belonged to what is known as the Second Order of Irish Saints. These flourished in the Irish Church during the sixth century. They were for the most part educated in Britain, or received their training from those who had grown up under the influence of the British Schools.
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