Saint Declán of Ardmore

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Saint Declán of Ardmore was an early Irish Christian bishop and missionary, venerated as one of the pre-Patrician saints who helped establish Christianity in Munster.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
Irish saint
bishop
missionary
pre-Patrician saint
associatedWithCounty County Waterford NERFINISHED
associatedWithDiocese Diocese of Ardmore NERFINISHED
Diocese of Waterford and Lismore NERFINISHED
associatedWithMonastery Ardmore monastery NERFINISHED
associatedWithPlace Ardmore NERFINISHED
associatedWithProvince Munster NERFINISHED
associatedWithRegion County Waterford NERFINISHED
Munster NERFINISHED
associatedWithStructure Ardmore cathedral ruins NERFINISHED
Ardmore round tower NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 5th century
commemoratedBy annual pattern day at Ardmore
contemporaryOf Saint Ailbe of Emly NERFINISHED
Saint Ciarán of Saigir NERFINISHED
Saint Ibar of Begerin NERFINISHED
Saint Patrick NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
cultCenter Ardmore, County Waterford NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Irish
feastDay 24 July
hasHagiographicalWork Life of Declán of Ardmore NERFINISHED
hasLegacy Saint Declan’s Oratory at Ardmore NERFINISHED
Saint Declan’s Stone at Ardmore NERFINISHED
pilgrimage traditions in Ardmore
hasTradition credited with founding a Christian community at Ardmore
regarded as one of the founding saints of Munster
said to have evangelized the Déisi people
honorificPrefix Saint
knownFor early Christian missionary work in Munster
establishing Christianity in Munster before Saint Patrick
languageOfHagiography Irish
Latin
partOf pre-Patrician mission to Ireland
patronSaintOf Ardmore NERFINISHED
Diocese of Waterford and Lismore NERFINISHED
regionOfMission Déisi of Munster NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity
title Bishop of Ardmore NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Eóganachta associatedWithSaint Saint Declán of Ardmore