Finnian of Movilla (c. 495–589) was an Irish Christian missionary. His feast day is 10 September. Finnian (sometimes called Finbarr "the white head",...
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Finnian (also Finian, Fionán or Fionnán in Irish; or Finianus and Finanus in its Latinised form) may refer to: Finnian of Movilla (495–589), Christian...
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The Penitential of Finnian is a sixth-century penitential believed to have been written by either Finnian of Clonard or Finnian of Movilla. It contains fifty...
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Maghbile” (A man of venerable life who reposes in many miracles in his city of Movilla). At the time of Finnian's death in 579, Movilla was recognised as...
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Celtic Christianity (redirect from Conversion of the British Isles)
the "Candida Casa", such as Tigernach of Clones, Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, and Finnian of Movilla. Ninian's work was carried on by Palladius, who left Ireland...
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Wedding at Cana (redirect from Lost jars of Cana)
Columba of Iona supposedly performed an identical miracle when he served as a deacon in Ireland under Finnian of Movilla, replenishing the supply of sacramental...
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Columba (redirect from Life of St. Columba)
monastic school of Movilla, at Newtownards, under Finnian of Movilla who had studied at Ninian's "Magnum Monasterium" on the shores of Galloway. He was...
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Amalasuintha of the Ostrogoths (approximate date) King Chlodomer of the Franks (d. 524) Finnian of Movilla, Irish bishop (d. 589) Guntheuc, queen of Burgundy...
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Ulaid (redirect from Fiachna of Ulaid)
540 by St. Finnian of Movilla, who was of the Dál Fiatach. The name Mag Bile suggests that this monastery was purposely built on the site of an ancient...
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south of France (c. 480) Saint Finnian of Movilla (Findbarr, Winnin), Abbot, in Ulster (579) Saint Salvius, Bishop of Albi in Gaul, Confessor (584) Saint...
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also founded monasteries on smaller islands around Ireland, for instance Finnian at Skellig Michael, Senán at Inis Cathaigh and Columba at Iona. As well...
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Papar (category History of Christianity in Iceland)
who took eremitic residence in parts of what is now Iceland before that island's habitation by the Norsemen of Scandinavia, as evidenced by the sagas...
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Culdees (redirect from Order of Culdees)
judgement against Columba over the copying of a Saint Finnian's book, which sparked the beginning of a period of huge upheaval for the monk, he instigated...
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Celtic Rite (redirect from Liturgy of Ephesus)
Whithorn and at Canterbury, from the mission of Victridius of Rouen in A.D. 396 and those of Germanus of Auxerre, with St. Lupus in 429 and with St. Severus...
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became involved in a quarrel with Saint Finnian of Movilla Abbey over a psalter (traditionally said to be the Cathach of St. Columba). Columba copied the manuscript...
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apocryphal example of analogy in Brehon law was king Diarmait mac Cerbaill's sixth-century ruling on a dispute between Columba and Finnian of Movilla over the copying...
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model for the Irish prayer of Saint Mugint, which was allegedly composed in the 6th century by Finnian of Movilla as imitation of the Roman antiphon. It is...
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Dublin postal districts List of Irish place names in other countries List of mountains and hills of County Dublin List of rivers of County Dublin Museums Northern...
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Insular monasticism (redirect from Monasticism in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Christianity. There is strong modern scholarly consensus that Ninian and Finnian of Movilla are the same person, whose actual name was "Uinniau". The small stone...
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Comgall (category Year of birth unknown)
was educated under Fintan of Clonenagh and also studied under Finnian of Movilla, Mobhí Clárainech at Glasnevin, and Ciarán of Clonmacnoise. He was ordained...
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Newtownards (category Civil parish of Newtownards)
ancient ruins of Movilla Abbey, monastic settlement are situated within the grounds of Movilla Cemetery. Nothing visible remains today of Finnian's original...
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repertory of the Celtic rite of the Catholic Church performed in Britain, Ireland and Brittany. It is related to, but distinct from the Gregorian chant of the...
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Amalasuintha of the Ostrogoths (approximate date) King Chlodomer of the Franks (d. 524) Finnian of Movilla, Irish bishop (d. 589) Guntheuc, queen of Burgundy...
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Cruithnechán (category Medieval saints of Ulster)
with Gemmán in Leinster, and later with Finnian at Movilla. An anecdote is told that Cruithnechán once saw a ball of fire hanging over Columba's head, while...
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Neo-Celtic Christianity (category History of Christianity in the United Kingdom)
variety of Christianity which evolved in the British Isles during the first millennium of the Christian era, and particularly during the first half of the...
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The Celtic mass is the liturgy of the Christian office of the Mass as it was celebrated within Celtic Rite of Celtic Christianity in the Early Middle Ages...
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Vita Sancti Niniani (redirect from Life of Ninian)
Finnian of Movilla are the same person. In one Vita on Finnian of Movilla, the Tudwallus of the Vita Niniani is realised as Túathal Máelgarb, king of...
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rule of discipline. St. Finnian, who later established a monastery at Movilla, about five miles from Bangor, is believed to have been a former monk of Dromore...
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Saint Columbs Rill (category Rivers of County Antrim)
in Irish). Saint Columba, who had been a distinguished pupil of Saint Finnian at Movilla Monastery in County Down, established a monastic settlement in...
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Colman of Dromore Saint Colman of Cloyne Saint Colman MacDuagh Saint Comgall of Bangor Saint Finbarr of Cork Saint Finnian of Clonard Saint Laserian of Leighlin...
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