Colmán of Kilroot

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Saint Colman of Kilroot
Born Ireland
Died6th century
Ireland
Venerated in Roman Catholicism
Feast 16 October

Colman mac Cathbaid is a sixth-century Irish saint who was an abbot and bishop of Kilroot (County Antrim), a minor see which was afterwards incorporated in the Diocese of Connor. He may have given his name to Kilmackevat (County Antrim). [1]

In the Life of Mac Nise in the Codex Salmanticensis, the young Colman is saved from death by Bishop Mac Nisse of Connor, [2] and instructed in the Holy Scriptures.

Colman was a disciple of St. Ailbe. [3] At the direction of Ailbe, Colmán founded a church on the northern shore of Lough Laoigh. According to Bishop Healy, Colmán of Kilroot was the uncle of Colmán of Dromore. [4]

Colman's feast has been kept on 16 October. [5] [6]

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References

  1. PD-icon.svg Grattan-Flood, William (1913). "St. MacCathbad Colman". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. "Colmán of Cell Ruad", Saints in Scottish Place-Names
  3. Monks of Ramsgate. "Colman". Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 October 2012 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Healy, John. The Life and Writings of St. Patrick, M.H. Gill & Son, 1905, p. 494 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. O'Laverty, James. An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Connor, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 3, J. Duffy, 1884. p. 82 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  6. The Irish ecclesiastical record, Vol. 5, 1869, p. 304 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. MacCathbad Colman". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.