Findlugan of Islay

Saint Findlugan of Islay was a monk of the seventh century, honoured on the island of Islay in Scotland. His name also appears as Finlaggan or Fionn Lugain.

Surviving documents call the island of Eilean Mor, in Loch Finlaggan, the isle of Saint Finlagan; a charter of 1427 mentions it under this name, and the chapel there, built much later, was dedicated to him. According to tradition, Findlugan was a contemporary of Saint Columba, who is said to have made him first abbot of the monastery of Tamlaght near Lough Foyle. Monastic accounts say that he saved Columba's life by placing his body between the saint and an assassin, at Hinba. He may have established a monastic community on the island that bears his name.

He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 3 January (new style).