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Venerable

Colman mac Aed

Monk, venerated in the Western Church.

Era
7th century

Life

Saint Colman mac Aed (also Colmán of Ardboe or Muccaid, "the swineherd") was an Irish saint and abbot of the 6th and 7th centuries, traditionally recognized as the founder, in 590, of the early Christian monastery at Ardboe, County Tyrone, on the shore of Lough Neagh. According to tradition, the monastery housed his tomb until it was destroyed by fire in 1166.

A manuscript calls him Muccaide, son of Áed Guaire. He is also recorded as the father of Máel-⁠Aithé and of Fergus (died 668). Our sources give no feast day.