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Finnian of
Movilla (c. 495–589) was an
Irish Christian missionary. His
feast day is 10 September.
Finnian (sometimes
called Finbarr "the
white head", a...
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revered included various figures called St. Fælan and St. Colman, and
saints Findbarr and Finan.
Columba remained a
major figure into the
fourteenth century...
- Lócháin", meaning, "Fair is the
crest of Loan"), and he then
became known as "
Findbarr" ("Fionnbarra" in
modern Irish). He went on
pilgrimage to Rome with some...
- ****bric form of the
Gaelic Finnén, a
diminutive of
Findbarr.
William J.
Watson takes this to be
Findbarr of Moyville.
Thomas Clancy argues the name commemorates...
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suggested that he was a
localised version of
Findbarr moccu Fiatach, an
Ulster saint. 12
December Findbarr moccu Fiatach 6th
century (d. 579)
Movilla Ulster...
- the
Welsh form of Finnén, an
affectionate name for
Findbarr of Moyville, also
called Findia.
Findbarr's death was
recorded in 579 as "quies
Uinniani episcopi"...
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Bishop of
Vence in the
south of
France (c. 480)
Saint Finnian of
Movilla (
Findbarr, Winnin), Abbot, in
Ulster (579)
Saint Salvius,
Bishop of Albi in Gaul...
- as a
missionary accompanied by the
saints Laichtin,
Molua Mac
Ochai (a
Findbarr) and Luchtigern. He
built cells for his
monks at Anatrim. He
reached southern...
- trí, of the
Luigni of Connaught," and says that his
mother was "Uaine,
Findbarr's daughter." His surname, clárainech,
means "flat-faced" in Irish, a reference...
