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Venerable

Kilian of Inis Cealtra

An Irish holy monk of the island of Inis Cealtra.

Feast
July 29old style August 11
Era
7th century
Place
Inis Cealtra

Life

Kilian of Inis Cealtra was in the seventh century abbot of the monastery on the island of Inis Cealtra in Ireland and the author of a Life of Saint Brigid. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 29 July (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 11 August of the civil calendar. We have no further details of his life.

Commemorated the same day July 29