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|SaintName=Saint Kevin of Glendalough | |SaintName=Saint Kevin of Glendalough | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=June 03 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Leinster, Ireland | |SaintBirthPlace=Leinster, Ireland | ||
|SaintDeathDate=618-03-06 | |||
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|DeathPlace=Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland | |DeathPlace=Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=53.010000, -6.327500 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=53.010000, -6.327500 | ||
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|NotableLabel1=Founded monastery and hermitage | |NotableLabel1=Founded monastery and hermitage | ||
|NotableCoordinates1=53.010000, -6.327500 | |NotableCoordinates1=53.010000, -6.327500 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Ireland | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of Dublin]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|CanonizationDate= | |CanonizationDate=1902-03-12 | ||
|Canonizer=ancient cultus (formal equivalence) | |Canonizer=ancient cultus (formal equivalence) | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Blackbird nesting in outstretched hand | |SaintMiracle1=Blackbird nesting in outstretched hand | ||
|SaintMiracle2=Restoring sight to the blind | |SaintMiracle2=Restoring sight to the blind | ||
|Profession=abbot; hermit | |Profession=abbot; hermit | ||
|Patronage=Dublin; Glendalough; birds; Ireland (co-patron) | |Patronage=Dublin; Glendalough; birds; Ireland (co-patron) | ||
|Attributes=abbot with blackbird; in prayer | |Attributes=abbot with blackbird; in prayer | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Glendalough Monastic Site, Ireland | |PrimaryShrine=Glendalough Monastic Site, Ireland | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Anglican Communion | |AdditionalVeneration=Anglican Communion | ||
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'''Saint Kevin of Glendalough''' (Irish: '''Naomh Caoimhín'''; c. 498 – 3 June 618), also '''Coemgenus''', was a 6th–7th-century Irish abbot, hermit, and one of the foremost saints of early Irish monasticism.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08645a.htm |title=St. Kevin |publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born to noble parents in Leinster, tradition holds that he was baptized by Saint Cronan and fostered by Saint Petroc of Cornwall before studying under Saint Eoghan of Ardstraw. At age 12, he entered the monastery of Saint Petroc, returning to Ireland to live as a hermit in the valley of Glendalough (“valley of two lakes”), County Wicklow, where he founded the famous monastic city c. 540.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=136 |title=St. Kevin |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Known for extreme asceticism—standing in cold lake water reciting Psalms, living on nettles, and wearing animal skins—Kevin attracted disciples including Saints Moling, Comgall, and Ciarán, establishing Glendalough as a major centre of Irish Christianity that flourished until the Norman invasion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Kevin |title=Saint Kevin |publisher=Britannica |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> | '''Saint Kevin of Glendalough''' (Irish: '''Naomh Caoimhín'''; c. 498 – 3 June 618), also '''Coemgenus''', was a 6th–7th-century Irish abbot, hermit, and one of the foremost saints of early Irish monasticism.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08645a.htm |title=St. Kevin |publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born to noble parents in Leinster, tradition holds that he was baptized by Saint Cronan and fostered by Saint Petroc of Cornwall before studying under Saint Eoghan of Ardstraw. At age 12, he entered the monastery of Saint Petroc, returning to Ireland to live as a hermit in the valley of Glendalough (“valley of two lakes”), County Wicklow, where he founded the famous monastic city c. 540.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=136 |title=St. Kevin |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Known for extreme asceticism—standing in cold lake water reciting Psalms, living on nettles, and wearing animal skins—Kevin attracted disciples including Saints Moling, Comgall, and Ciarán, establishing Glendalough as a major centre of Irish Christianity that flourished until the Norman invasion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Kevin |title=Saint Kevin |publisher=Britannica |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> | ||