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Encyclopedia > Abban of New Ross
Abban of New Ross
Born 7th century, Ireland
Died unknown, Wexford, Ireland
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast 22 December[1]
Controversy Often confused with the similarly named Evin of Rosglas, due to similar death dates and locations
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Saint Abban of New Ross (also known as Ewin, Abhan, or Evin; also Nevin, Neville, Stephan) (fl. 550—650)[2] was a contemporary and namesake of Saint Abban of Magheranoidhe.[3] The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and led by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as that saints day. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Gloriole. ... Saint Abban of Magheranoidhe (also called Abban of Murneave or Abban of Murnevin; fl. ...


Life

Abban was involved in the foundation of the abbey of Ros-mic-treoin (modern New Ross) and evangelized in the area of County Wexford, Ireland.[1] WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ...


Conflation

Some writers have conflated him with Saint Evin of Rosglas, County Kildare. Even Colgan (followed by Dr. Lanigan) fell into the error of identifying "Rosglas" (Monasterevan) with "Ros-mic-treoin" (New Ross). The confusion here arose because Evin of Rosglas died on 22 December at Monaster Evin in County Kildare. However, Abban, that is, Evin of Ros-mic-treoin, died at Ross, County Wexford. Saint Abban of Magheranoidhe (also called Abban of Murneave or Abban of Murnevin; fl. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Naas Code: KE Area: 1,693 km² Population (2006) 186,075 Website: www. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Naas Code: KE Area: 1,693 km² Population (2006) 186,075 Website: www. ...


References

  1. ^ a b Jones, Terry. Abban of New Ross. Patron Saints Index. Retrieved on 2007 March 18.
  2. ^ Timeline of Monasterevin History. The Monasterevin Historical Society (2005). Retrieved on 2007 March 18.
  3. ^ St. Abban of New Ross - article in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.

 
 

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