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Saint

Modiuit

Bishop, venerated in the Western Church.

Era
6th century

Life

Saint Modiuit, hierarch, was a bishop of the 6th century, an early successor of Saint Kerrill in the kingdom of Soghain, now County Galway in Ireland. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church.

He founded a church at what is now Killamude, in the parish of Ballymacward, whose name comes from Cill Modiúit, "the church of Modiúit"; its foundations can still be seen in the townland of Killamude West. His diocese is thought to have been the extent of the kingdom of Soghain. His feast day was 12 February, according to the Martyrology of Tallaght and the Félire Óengusso.