Saint Eoghan

Saint Eoghan

Infobox Saint
name=Saint Eoghan
birth_date=unknown
death_date=c. 618
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church
attributes=unknown
feast_day=August 23 (Catholic)
patronage=unknown

Saint Eoghan (Eugene), also known as Eoghan of Ardstraw was an Irishman who lived in the sixth century AD and was said to have been taken by pirates to Britain [cite web
title = Sts.Eoghan
work = Catholic Encyclopedia
url = http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05480a.htm] . On obtaining his freedom, he went to study at Candida Casa.

Returning to Ireland, he made a foundation at Kilnamanagh, in the Wicklow hills, but his principal foundation was at Ardstraw (Ard Sratha), County Tyrone, where he served as bishop until his death.

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