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Finnian[a] of Movilla (c. 495 –589) was an Irish Christian missionary. His feast day is 10 September. Origins and life. Finnian (sometimes called Finbarr "the white head", a reference to his fair hair), [3] was a Christian missionary in medieval Ireland.
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.
Finnian of Moville. (d. 579) Quick Reference. (d. 579), abbot. Said to be of the royal race of Dal Fiatach, he was educated first at Dromore and later at Ninian's monastery of Whithorn. He then returned to Ireland, possibly bringing from Rome a biblical manuscript.
St. Finnian of Moville. 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.
St. Finnian's most distinguished pupil at Movilla (County Down) was St. Columba, whose surreptitious copying of the Psaltery led to a very remarkable sequel. What remains of the copy, together with the casket that contains it, is now in the National Museum, Dublin.
Finnian (Vinnianus, Findbarr) (d. 579), abbot and bishop of the monastery of Mag Bile (Movilla, near Newtownards, Co. Down) was a saint in the Irish tradition who seems to have later acquired a number of separate identities, his most notable localisations being as Finnian (qv) of Clonard and Findbarr (qv) of Cork (Ó Riain). According to the ...
Finnian (sometimes called Finbarr "the white head", a reference to his fair hair), [3] was a Christian missionary in medieval Ireland. He should not be confused with his namesake Finnian of Clonard, nor should Movilla (Maigh Bhile) in County Down be mistaken for Moville in County Donegal.
