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Venerable (Monastic) · 6th century

Saint Kevin of Glendalough

Also known as Coemgen · Kevin of Ireland

An Irish ascetic who withdrew to a cave by the lakes of Glendalough and there, amid the wild creatures who befriended him, gathered a great monastery that became a beacon of prayer and learning.

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Notes

Pre-schism Western saint.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints