Venerable
Movean
An Irish holy monk of the island of Inis Coosery.
- Feast
- July 22old style August 4
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Inis-Coosery
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Movean (also called Biteus) was a disciple of Saint Patrick and abbot of Inis-Coosery in County Down, Ireland. He also lived in Perthshire in Scotland, where he reposed as a hermit.
He is commemorated on 22 July as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of his life. He may be identical with Saint Dabius (Davius).
Commemorated the same day July 22
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