Moenu of Clonfert

Saint Moenu of Clonfert (Móenu, Maeineann), Bishop was an Irish bishop of the sixth century, the first recorded bishop of Clonfert. His successors are sometimes also called bishops of Uí Maine, the kingdom within which Clonfert lay. The next known bishop is Cumméne Fota, who died in 661, so a number of holders of the see appear to be unknown.

He was a nephew of Saint Brendan and seems to have acted as his coadjutor and as head of the monastic school; it is not known whether he was ever abbot, or whether that office belonged to Brendan alone. He reposed on 1 March 572. He is remembered in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal; he is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally, without synodal canonization.