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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
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Saint

Cumin of Mayo

Saint honored in the Irish tradition; the sources preserve few details about him.

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Era
unknown

Life

Cumin of Mayo (Cuimín) is an Irish saint linked to the parish of Kilcummin in the barony of Tirawley, County Mayo. The genealogy compiled by Dubhaltach Mac Fhir Bhisigh (died 1671) calls him Cumain Foda and makes him a descendant of Conaing, thus linked to the dynasty of the Uí Amolngada. He is probably not the same as Cummíne Fota, abbot of Clonfert in the seventh century. Nothing is known of his life, but his veneration in modern times is richly attested: a healing well, a patronal day on the last Sunday of July, and earth from his grave held to cure.