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Comgan

abbot on Iona

SaintFull write-upDate unknown

Feast: 13 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record

Who they were

On the island of Iona in Scotland, the deposition of Saint Comgan, abbot, who came from Ireland to this region together with his sister Saint Kentigerna, her sons and some missionaries.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 13 October as the abbot who came from Ireland to Iona with his sister Saint Kentigerna, her sons and some missionaries.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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