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Finnian founded his new monastery ( Movilla Abbey) in 540, at Maigh Bhile (Movilla)—the plain of the ancient tree, a sacred place, venerated in pagan times, [3] about a mile from the northern shore of Strangford Lough (the 15th Century ruins of Movilla Abbey can still be seen in Newtownards ). He founded a famous school of Druim Fionn at ...
Sep 10, 2013 · Saint Finnian of Moville, whose feast is commemorated on September 10, is the subject of much debate among modern scholars.Although in the past Saint Finnian was clearly identified as a monastic founder of the school of Moville, County Down, today his existence is under question, with some scholars advancing the theory that 'Finnian of Moville' is Ninnian of Candida Casa, Finnian of Clonard or ...
Sep 10, 2015 · It is perverse to suppose that he [Finnian] was other than a Briton. We do not know whether he ever worked in Ireland. In the second paper, Lives of St Finnian of Movilla: British Evidence, Ingrid Sperber finds it ironic that for such an important saint, no Irish Life of Saint Finnian has survived. But she says that evidence for the existence ...
Finnian of Moville, Saint, b. about 495; d. 589.Though not so celebrated as his namesake of Clonard, he was the founder of a famous school about the year 540. He studied under St. Colman of Dromore and St. Mocha of Noendrum (Mahee Island), and subsequently at Candida Casa (Whithern), whence he proceeded to Rome, returning to Ireland in 540 with an integral copy of St. Jerome’s Vulgate.
“I’m taking this,” Finnian grabs his book, “and this,” he takes Colm’s copy, “and I’m taking this matter right to the top - I’m going to the High
It is possible that some Scottish dedications to Finnian are his, but little can be safely asserted about him, as he has been confused with either Finnian of Clonard or with Frigidian of Lucca. The Penitential of Vinnian has been sometimes claimed as his. Feast: 10 September. B.L.S., ix. 88–9; The Irish Saints, pp. 169–71.
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Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more — all for only $19.99... Born about 495; died 589. Though not so celebrated as his namesake of Clonard, he was the founder of a famous school about the year 540. He studied under St. Colman of Dromore and St. Mochae of Noendrum (Mahee Island), and subsequently at ...
