Saint Mochuda (also known as Carthage of Lismore or Carthage the Younger) was an Irish bishop and abbot of the sixth and seventh centuries. His feast day is May 14. A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who holds a specific position of authority in any of a number of Christian churches. ... An abbot (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Latin abbas (genitive form, abbatis), Old English abbad, ; German Abt; French abbé) is the head and chief governor of a community of monks, called also in the East hegumenos or The English version for a female monastic head... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ...

The saint was the student of Saint Carthage the Elder. He founded a monastery at Rahan in Leinster, from which he was expelled by the king due to the jealousy of neighboring abbots. By then an old man, he and his followers moved south and founded the settlement of Lismore in Munster. He left a "monastic rule" or set of laws for governing a monastery. General definition of saint In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. ... Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ... Leinster (Irish: Laighin) is the eastern province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. ... Lismore (Lios Mór in Irish, meaning Great Enclosure) is a town in County Waterford, Ireland. ... Alternate uses: See Munster (disambiguation). ...

His Life is preserved in both a Latin and Irish version; the latter was translated into English by Rev. P. Power in 1914. Hagiography is the study of saints. ... Latin - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

External links

• Lives of SS. Declan and Mochuda (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11168) at Project Gutenberg