Christian feast day: Molaise of Leighlin

Molaise of Leighlin

Irish abbot and saint

Saint Molaise of Leighlin, also Laisrén or Laserian, was an early Irish saint and abbot of Lethglenn or Leithglenn, now Old Leighlin in County Carlow, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th and 7th centuries. In Scotland, he is known as "Molaise" while in Ireland he is revered…