Mo Lua of Killaloe

Saint Molua (d. c 609),^[1] (also known as Lua, Da Lua),^[1] was an Irish saint, who was a Christian abbot in the Early Middle Ages.^[1]

Little is known on Molua other than he was a monk, a builder and possibly a hermit.^[1] Molua was the founder of Killaloe (Irish: Cill-da-Lua),^[2] which bears his name Lua.^[2] Molua had his oratory on Friar's Island^[1] near the present village of Killaloe.^[2]

Molua's principle disciple was Saint Flannan, who succeeded Molua.^[1]

Saint Molua's feast day is on August 4.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, p.343
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08641a.htm Retrieved June 14, 2007

References

• Farmer, David Hugh. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-19-283069-4
• http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08641a.htm Retrieved June 14, 2007

External links

• http://www.stormont.down.anglican.org/molua.htm

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