Venerable
Senach of Clonard
An Irish holy monk of the monastery of Clonard.
- Feast
- August 3old style August 16
- Era
- 6th century
- Place
- Clonard
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Senach of Clonard (Snach) was a disciple of Saint Finnian and his successor as abbot of the monastery of Clonard in Ireland, in the sixth century. The abbey of Clonard, in present County Meath, had been founded by Finnian in the early sixth century; after his death the abbots bore the title "successor of Finnian".
He is commemorated on 3 August as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of his life.
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