Mobhí Clárainech

Saint Mobhí
or Berchan
Finnian of Clonard gives his blessing to the Twelve Apostles of Ireland
Apostle of Ireland
Abbot
BornGlasnevin, Leinster, Gaelic Ireland
Died12 October 544
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church,
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast12 October

Mobhí Clárainech (also Berchan; died 544) was an Irish early monastic saint, counted as one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He was the abbot of a monastery in Glasnevin, where he was a teacher of Columba, Canice, Comgall, and Ciarán.

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