Abban

Saint Abban, a holy monk, was an Irish abbot and missionary of the 6th century, a nephew of Saint Kevin, who founded many monasteries, chiefly in the south of Ireland. His name is closely tied to Magh-⁠Armuidhe, now Adamstown in County Wexford.

In Irish tradition he is sometimes also called Kevin of Ros Glas, Ewin or Evin. Some scholars identify him with the monastery of Monasterevin by the River Barrow in County Kildare and ascribe to him the Tripartite Life of Saint Patrick; others distinguish him from another Abban, of Magheranoidh (Murnevin), who died in Wexford, with whom he has often been confused. We have no detailed account of his life.

He is commemorated on 27 October, by the Western calendar (new style), as a saint of the undivided Church.