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Mar 5 - “St. Kieran” © artwork by Brenda Nippert. Happy Feast Day St. Kieran!
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A very old saint, Saint Kieran was said to be evangelizing Ireland before Saint Patrick even got there. His parents were Liaghne and Liadain. One legend says that when Liadain was pregnant with Kieran she had a dream that a star fell from the sky and rested upon her. This meant that the baby she was carrying would have a special purpose. As a child, Kieran was kind and gentle and had a special relationship with animals. When he was 30, he went to Rome to study Christianity.
He was baptized and later ordained a priest. Many stories say that Kieran met Saint Patrick either in Rome or back in Ireland. He is known as one of the twelve apostles of Ireland. One legend says that Patrick gave Kieran a bell which when it rang would let him know where to build his monastery. It rang in Saighir which then became a holy site. Not only is Saint Kieran's monastery there, but many ancient kings are also buried there. Kieran was the first person born in Ireland to become a Saint. He is sometimes called “the first born of the Irish Saints.”
His feast day is March 5.
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