ST COLMAN MAC LENINE - 24 NOVEMBER

SAINT COLMAN MAC LENINE, BISHOP

St Colman and the ducks

Saint Colman Mac Lenine, founder and patron of the See of Cloyne, born in Munster, around A D. 510; he died November 24, 601.

HE WAS ENDOWED WITH EXTRAORDINARY POETIC POWERS

He was endowed with extraordinary poetic powers, being styled by his contemporaries "Royal Bard of Munster".

The Ardrigh of Ireland gave him Cloyne, in the present County Cork, for his cathedral abbey, in 560, and he laboured for more than forty years in his extensive diocese.

SEVERAL OF HIS IRISH POEMS ARE STILL EXTANT

Several of his Irish poems are still extant, notably a metrical panegyric on St Brendan. Colgan mentions a metrical life of St Senan by him. His feast is observed on November 24.

Another St Colman is also venerated on the same day, as recorded by Saint Aengus in his "Felire":

Mac Lenine the most excellent

With Colman of Duth-chuilleann.

Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913

PRAYER:

Almighty God, you gave your bishop Saint Colman the gift of gracious speech and called him to build up the Church; grant us, by his intercession, that we may delight in the enjoyment of heavenly rest. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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