Venerable
Ioseph of Loch Con
A venerable father honored at Loch Con.
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- Era
- 9th century
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Ioseph of Loch Con was abbot of Clonmacnoise and died in 904. The Annals of Inisfallen give 899, but their years are often out by as much as five. Lough Conn is in present-day County Mayo, in the former kingdom of Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe, in decline in the late ninth century; this decline may explain his rise, since Clonmacnoise generally took its abbots from minor dynasties. He may have been attached to a monastery on the lake. The sources show no veneration as a saint.