Cainnech of Aghaboe

Saint Cainnech of Aghaboe (Canice, Kenneth) was born in the north of Ireland around 525 and reposed around 599. He was a friend of Saint Columba and a disciple of Saint Finian of Clonard and of Saint Cadoc in Wales.

He founded the monastery of Aghaboe in Ireland and perhaps also that of Kilkenny, whose name comes from him. Later he preached in Scotland, where he was the first to build a church in the place now known as St Andrews. He is commemorated on 11 October, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.