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Did you know? Although St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland—and certainly no other saint has the stature of St. Patrick in Ireland—the beloved holy man wasn't actually Irish. Born somewhere in western or northern Britain, he was brought to Ireland as a slave when still a teenager. After six years he escaped to the Continent, where he became a monk. Eventually, following a vision, he returned to Ireland to Christianize it.But Ireland, which was once known as the land of saints and scholars, has bred numerous saints, many of whom left their native country to Christianize the rest of Europe. Here are but a few.

St. Aidan
Feast day: Aug. 31
The founder of a great center of Celtic Christianity.

St. Brendan
Feast day: May 16
Patron of boatmen, sailors, travelers, and whales.

St. Brigid
Feast day: Feb. 1
Patron of babies, blacksmiths, cows and dairy workers, Ireland, midwives, poets, sailors, scholars, and travelers.

St. Columba
Feast day: June 9
Patron of bookbinders, Ireland, poets, and Scotland

St. Columban
Feast day: Nov. 23
It is no wonder that this saint's emblem is the bear, as he seems to have had a knack for causing trouble.

St. Ita
Feast day: Jan. 15
The revered teacher of St. Brendan.

St. Kevin
Feast day: June 3
Patron of blackbirds, the archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland, and Glendalough, Ireland.

St. Kieran
Feast day: Sept. 9
A visionary who founded a great Irish monastery.

St. Malachy
Feast day: Nov. 3
The first Irish saint to be canonized by a pope, in 1199.

St. Oliver Plunket
Feast day: July 11
The last Catholic martyr to die at Tyburn, he was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975.

From: Sun Herald in MS
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/living/11105777.htm

"St. Patrick won over Ireland with faith

St. Patrick is the stuff of truth and legend. Sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference between the two.

Anyone who knows of St. Patrick knows that he chased the snakes out of Ireland. It doesn't matter that ancient records and archaeological digs show no evidence that snakes ever lived there.

Every good Irishman or every good Irish-American will tell you that in trying to explain the Holy Trinity, he plucked a three-leafed shamrock stem to make his point.

Feastday: 9 August
Nathy is surnamed Cruimthir (the priest). He was born at Luighne, Sligo, Ireland and became a disciple of St. Finnian of Clonnard, who made him a bishop. He was founder-abbot of a monastery, which is questioned by some in view of his surname. His cult was confirmed in 1903. His feast day is August 9.

Feast Day 16 May

St. Brendan was born in what is now County Kerry, Ireland, about 486 A.D.,approximately 25 years after the death of St. Patrick. He was taken from his family at a very young age and raised by St. Aida of Killeedy under the patronage of Bishop Erc of Kerry. He became a monk, then a priest and finally an abbot. He had a very strong influence on the early Celtic church, which at the time was poorly organized, and he is regarded as one of Ireland's most important saints. He was responsible for founding a number of abbies and monastaries, including the one at Clonfert in Galway, where he died about 578 A.D.

Feast Day: 1 February
Briged, also called Brigid, Bridget, Brighid, her name meaning "firey arrow", was probably born at Faughart near Dundalk, Louth, Ireland. Her parents were baptized by St. Patrick, with whom she developed a close friendship. According to legend, her father was Dubhthach, an Irish chieftain of Lienster, and her mother, Brocca, was a slave at his court. Even as a young girl she evinced an interest for a religious life and took the veil in her youth from St. Macaille at Croghan and probably was professed by St. Mel of Armagh, who is believed to have conferred abbatial authority on her.

Feastday: 12 August

Bishop of Killala, Ireland, appointed by St. Patrick. Also
called Muredach was a member of the royal family of King Laoghaire. Murtagh reportedly met with St. Columba at Ballsodare, near Sligo, in 575. He died as a hermit on Inismurray Island

Feast Day - 3 June
Known in Ireland as Coemgen as well as Kevin, according to tradition he was born at the Fort of the White Fountain in Leinster, Ireland, of royal descent. He was baptized by St. Cronan and educated by St. Petroc. He was ordained, and became a hermit at the Valley of the Two Lakes in Glendalough.

After seven years there, he was persuaded to give up his solitary life. He went to Disert-Coemgen, where he founded a monastery for the disciples he attracted, and later moved to Glendalough. He made a pilgrimage to Rome, bringing back many relics for his permanent foundation at Glendalough.

Feastday: 11 August

The diocese of Limerick today keeps the feast of St. Lelia, who as well as a commemoration in all other Irish dioceses. Canon O'Hanlon, in his lives of the Irish saints, says of this maiden that "her era and her locality have not been distinctly revealed to us; but there is good reason for supposing that she lived at a remote period, and most probably she let a life of strict observance, if she did not preside over some religious institution in the province of Munster".

Lelia is now generally identified with the Dalcassian saint Liadhain,great-grand-daughter of the prince Cairthenn whom St.

Feast Day: 6 Feb
He is said to have been the son of Conis and Darerca, the sister of St. Patrick, whom he accompanied to Ireland and helped to evangelize in that country. According to the Life of St. Brigid, he is said to have had no fixed See, which might fit in his being a missionary. St. Patrick himself built the church at Ardagh and to this he appointed his nephew, Mel. Acting upon the apostolic precept, he supported himself by working with his hands, and what he gained beyond bare necessities, he gave to the poor.

For sometime, he lived with his aunt Lupait, but slanderous tongues spread serious accusations against them, and St.

Feast Day - 8 March
Senan was born of Christian parents at Munster, Ireland. He was a soldier for a time and then became a monk under Abbot Cassidus, who sent him to Abbot St. Natalis at Kilmanagh in Ossory. Senan became known for his holiness and miracles and attracted great crowds to his sermons. He made a journey to Rome, meeting St. David on the way back. He built several churches and monasteries, and then settled on Scattery Island, where he built a monastery that soon became famous. He died at Killeochailli on the way back from a visit to St. Cassidus monastery.