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· Cellach, Bishop of Killala, Ireland. Feast day: May 1.
· Neachtain of Ireland (5th century), Irish confessor. He was a friend, or possibly a kinsman, of Saint Patrick and was supposedly present when Padraig died. Feast day: May 2.
· Conleth (Conlaed) (d.c. 519), Irish metal worker and hermit. He lived as a recluse at Old Connell on the Liffey, and was a close friend of St. Brigid. In time he served as spiritual director of St. Brigid’s convent at Kildare. A copyist and skilled illuminator of manuscripts, he is noted for the crozier that he fashioned for St. Finbar of Termon Barry. Feast day: May 4.
· Scannal of Cell-Coleraine (d. 563), Disciple of St. Columba (Columcille) and a Irish missionary. Feast day: May 3.
· Gibrian (d.c. 515), Irish priest-hermit who led his four brothers and three sisters to Brittany, France, to become recluses. They lived at the junction of the Marne and Coale Rivers. All are revered as saints. They are: Abran (Gibrian), Franca, Germanus, Helan, Petran, Possenna, Promtia, and Tressan. Feast day: May 8.
· Catald of Ireland (Cataldus) (d. 7th century), Bishop of Taranto, in Southern Italy, and Irish churchman. He was born in Munster, Ireland, and became a student and then head master of Lismore, the monastic school in his home region. On his return from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he was elected to the see of Taranto. He is patron saint of Taranto. Feast day: May 10.
· Odrian (c. 5th century), One of the first bishops of Waterford, Ireland. Waterford was part of an ancient deanery system at the time, ruled by abbot-bishops. Odrian was a prelate. Feast day: May 8.
· Comgall (d. 601), Abbot-bishop and teacher of St. Columbanus and the monks who evangelized Europe France and Central Europe. He was born in 516 in Ulster, Ireland, and studied under St. Fintan at Cluain Eidnech Monastery. After living under a harsh rule as a hermit, Comgall founded a monastery in Bangor, Ireland. He was abbot for eight thousand monks. Comgall also accompanied St. Columba on a mission to Inverness, Scotland, and founded a monastery at Heth. He died at Bangor Monastery. Feast day: May 10.
· Diomma (d. 5th century), Patron saint of Kildimo, County Limerick, Ireland. He taught St. Declan of Ardmore and other Irish evangelists. Feast day: May 12.
· Neachtain of Ireland (5th century), Irish confessor. He was a friend, or possibly a kinsman, of Saint Patrick and was supposedly present when Padraig died. Feast day: May 2.
· Conleth (Conlaed) (d.c. 519), Irish metal worker and hermit. He lived as a recluse at Old Connell on the Liffey, and was a close friend of St. Brigid. In time he served as spiritual director of St. Brigid’s convent at Kildare. A copyist and skilled illuminator of manuscripts, he is noted for the crozier that he fashioned for St. Finbar of Termon Barry. Feast day: May 4.
· Scannal of Cell-Coleraine (d. 563), Disciple of St. Columba (Columcille) and a Irish missionary. Feast day: May 3.
· Gibrian (d.c. 515), Irish priest-hermit who led his four brothers and three sisters to Brittany, France, to become recluses. They lived at the junction of the Marne and Coale Rivers. All are revered as saints. They are: Abran (Gibrian), Franca, Germanus, Helan, Petran, Possenna, Promtia, and Tressan. Feast day: May 8.
· Catald of Ireland (Cataldus) (d. 7th century), Bishop of Taranto, in Southern Italy, and Irish churchman. He was born in Munster, Ireland, and became a student and then head master of Lismore, the monastic school in his home region. On his return from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he was elected to the see of Taranto. He is patron saint of Taranto. Feast day: May 10.
· Odrian (c. 5th century), One of the first bishops of Waterford, Ireland. Waterford was part of an ancient deanery system at the time, ruled by abbot-bishops. Odrian was a prelate. Feast day: May 8.
· Comgall (d. 601), Abbot-bishop and teacher of St. Columbanus and the monks who evangelized Europe France and Central Europe. He was born in 516 in Ulster, Ireland, and studied under St. Fintan at Cluain Eidnech Monastery. After living under a harsh rule as a hermit, Comgall founded a monastery in Bangor, Ireland. He was abbot for eight thousand monks. Comgall also accompanied St. Columba on a mission to Inverness, Scotland, and founded a monastery at Heth. He died at Bangor Monastery. Feast day: May 10.
· Diomma (d. 5th century), Patron saint of Kildimo, County Limerick, Ireland. He taught St. Declan of Ardmore and other Irish evangelists. Feast day: May 12.