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.