Agents

Mo Ninne of Killevy

  • first half of the sixth century (d. 517, s.a. AU)
  • feast-day: 6 July
  • saints of Ireland
  • Cell Shléibe ... Killevy, Co. Armagh
founder and patron saint of Cell Shléibe (Killevy, Co. Armagh); daughter of Mochta, a nobleman of the Conailli Muirthemne.
Cf. Moninne [version by Conchubranus]Moninne ... version by Conchubranus
(supp. fl. 6th/7th century?)
Female Irish saint whose hagiographer, Conchubranus, seems to have based her identity on that of Mo Ninne of Killevy, but transformed it to encompass a career in England, Scotland and Rome. Material relating to other saints may have played a part in this transformation.
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See also: Cell Shléibe [Killevy, Co. Armagh]Cell Shléibe ... Killevy, Co. Armagh
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Mochta [father of Mo Ninne of Killevy]Mochta ... father of Mo Ninne of Killevy
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Dennis Groenewegen
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October 2016, last updated: March 2023