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Cuan of Airbhre
Irish saint and founder of Kilcowan church, County Wexford
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 10 July (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
The Martyrology of Donegal names Cuan at 10 July: 'Cuan, of Airbhre, in Ui Ceinnsealaigh, in Leinster'. Ui Ceinnsealaigh is the country of south Leinster that takes in modern County Wexford.
The same entry adds that he is held to be the same man as Cuan of Maethail-Brogain, in the Deisi of Munster.
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
An early saint of the Wexford country, kept in the Irish calendars on 10 July.
Sources
- The Martyrology of Donegal: A Calendar of the Saints of Ireland, ed. J. H. Todd and W. Reeves (Dublin, 1864)
- Wikidata Q139257128 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.