Senan

Venerable Senan, called Senan mac Geirrcinn, lived in the sixth century in Ireland, in Munster, and is counted among the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He was a monk at Kilmanagh. After founding a monastery, probably at Enniscorthy, he is said to have visited Rome and on his way home to have stayed with Saint David in Wales. In Ireland he founded further churches and monasteries, notably one at Iniscarra near Cork. Finally he settled on Scattery Island in the Shannon estuary, where he was buried. He reposed around the year 540. He is the patron of several peoples of Munster. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 8 March (new calendar).