Colman
St. Colman, Banban, 'The Sage’ or ‘The Wise'. 7th and 8th century. Scribe of Cill-Dara. He is thought to be a relation of St. Patrick.
St. Colman, Banban, 'The Sage’ or ‘The Wise'. 7th and 8th century. Scribe of Cill-Dara. He is thought to be a relation of St. Patrick.
St Conleth or Conlaid. 5th Century. Born c 450. First Bishop of Kildare c490. St Conleth is recorded as being a skilled worker in gold and silver, and manuscript illuminator. He lived as a hermit in a cell in Old Connell on the bank of the river Liffey near the town of Newbridge. A friend and co-worker of St Brigid, they ran the first double monastery together.