{"id":700,"date":"2011-05-05T12:08:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T12:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.229.91.100\/libraryandarts\/library\/ehistory\/?p=700"},"modified":"2024-06-07T14:12:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:12:40","slug":"st-conleth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/st-conleth\/","title":{"rendered":"ST. CONLETH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" align=\"center\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\"><em><u><strong><font size=\"5\">St. Conleth&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" align=\"center\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\"><em><u><strong><font size=\"5\">&ldquo;Brigid&rsquo;s Artificer&rdquo; <\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" align=\"center\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\"><strong><em><u><font size=\"5\"><\/font><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 0cm\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\"><strong>First Name :<\/strong> <span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Roincenn&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\"><strong>Surname:<\/strong><span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Conleth, Conlath, Conlaeth, Conlaith, Conlaid, Conlian.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\"><strong>Date of Death:<\/strong><span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>3<sup>rd<\/sup> May 519\/520 A.D.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\"><strong>Bishop of Kildare:<\/strong><span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Prior to 480 AD&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\"><strong>Feast Day:<\/strong> <span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>3<sup>rd<\/sup> May\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\">Lived as a recluse in a cell at Old Connell on the banks of the Liffey.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\">He was a metalworker and made religious objects from gold and silver. Said to have made the crozier which belonged to St. Finnbharr of Termon Barry in\n<place w:st=\"on\"><\/place>\nConnaught .&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\">Said to be an illustrious man, adorned with every virtue, and that the Almighty had been pleased to effect great wonders on him.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\">Visited St. Brigid and her nuns in nearby Kildare and stayed for a number of days. Shortly after this visit Brigid chose Conleth as Bishop of Kildare.<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\">St. Brigid gave his vestments of many colours, which were made in , to the poor.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\">Killed by wolves on his way to possibly in Wicklow.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\">Was buried close to where he died then moved to Cathedral in Kildare on right of alter, upon her death Brigid was buried on the left.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\">The shrines of Brigid and Conleth were raided by Danes in 836 and either his remains or relics were then buried at Connell.\n<p>&nbsp;<span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\">Source; <\/span><span lang=\"EN-IE\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE\">Lives of Irish Saints Vol V. By The Rev John O&rsquo;Hanlon M.R.I.A.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Some information on St. Conleth to mark his feast day which falls on 3rd May.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kildare Local Studies","author_link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/author\/localstudies\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}