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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 12th of December WELCOME! SAINT FINNIAN, BISHOP OF CLONARD Saint Finnian  was Bishop of Clonard in Meath; he was famous for his gifts of preaching and became known as 'teacher of the saints of Ireland'. He died in 549. PRAYER In the work of your bishop Saint Finnian, Lord, you formed a multitude of Saints in the knowledge of the Gospel and in the monastic life; in our own day raise up, we pray, at his intercession, Saints to edify your people  by the vitality of their Christian lives. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 12th of December WELCOME! SAINT FINIAN, BISHOP OF CLONARD, CONFESSOR ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Among the early teachers of the Irish church the name of  Saint Finian (St Finan) is one of the most famous next to that of St Patrick.  Saint Finian was a native of Leinster, was instructed in the elements of Christian virtue by the disciples of Saint Patrick, and out of an ardent desire of making greater progress passed over into Wales, where he conversed with Saint David, Saint Gildas, and Saint Cathmael, three eminent British saints.  HE RETURNED TO IRELAND After having remained thirty years in Britain, about the year 520 he returned into Ireland, excellently qualified by sanctity and sacred learning to restore the spirit of religion among his countrymen, which had begun to decay.  Like a loud trumpet sounding from heaven, he roused the sloth and insensibility of the lukewarm and softened the hearts ...