St. Patrick is the best known Irish saint, but he isn’t the only one. In fact, many have called Ireland the “land of saints and scholars.”
Here are 9 Irish saints you may not know, but who led exemplary Christian lives.
- This saint was sent to Ireland before St. Patrick
- Did you know St. Patrick’s sister is also a saint?
- How St. Patrick’s nephew became a saint
- Meet an Irish-American nun who was an advocate for the aged in New York
- Heroic Irish-American priest on the road to canonization
- Was St. Brendan the first to celebrate a thanksgiving Mass in America?
- St. Brigid and the spiritual meaning of her cross
- St. Ita taught many pupils who would become saints in Ireland
- St. Finnian and the 12 Apostles of Ireland
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Ireland: The land of saints, scholars and martyrs
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