Comgall
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Saint Comgall (c. 510–520 – 597/602), an early Irish saint, was the founder and abbot of the great Irish monastery at Bangor in Ireland.
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It sits within the topics 602 deaths, 6th-century Irish abbots and 6th-century Irish poets.
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- Saint.name
- Saint Comgall
- Saint.birth_date
- c. 510–520
- Saint.death_date
- 597 or 602
- Saint.feast_day
- 10 May
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic Church,Anglican ChurchOrthodox Church
- Saint.image
- St. Comgall (West niche, St. Comgall's Church, Antrim).jpg
- Saint.caption
- Statue of Saint Comgall in the West niche of St. Comgall's Church, Antrim
- Saint.birth_place
- Dál nAraidi in Ulster,Magheramorne in County Antrim
- Saint.major_shrine
- St. Comgall's Church, Antrim, County Antrim
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- County Antrim
- Place of death
- Bangor
- Occupation
- ascetic
- Position held
- abbot
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Student of
- Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
- Image
- Mosaic, Bangor harbour (2) - geograph.org.uk - 344038.jpg
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- canonization status
- saint
- date of death
- 0601-05-10
- date of birth
- 0516-01-01
- feast day
- May 10
- different from
- Comgall mac Domangairt
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Saint Comgall (c. 510–520 – 597/602), an early Irish saint, was the founder and abbot of the great Irish monastery at Bangor in Ireland.
==Life== Comgall was born sometime between 510 and 520 in Dál nAraidi, Ulster according to the Irish annals near the place now known as Magheramorne in present-day County Antrim. Comgall's father was Setna, a Pictish warrior; his mother's name was Briga.
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