Christian feast day: Declán of Ardmore

Declán of Ardmore

5th-century Irish Christian missionary saint

Declán of Ardmore, also called Déclán, was an early Irish saint of the Déisi Muman, who was remembered for having converted the Déisi in the late 5th century and for having founded the monastery of Ardmore in what is now County Waterford. The principal source for his life and…