Enda of Aran

Who they were

In Ireland, Saint Enda, abbot, who founded on the island of Aran a monastery whose fame was such that the place came to be called the Island of the Saints.

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 21 March as an abbot who founded a monastery on the island of Aran, later called the Island of the Saints.

Connected on this site

• Ciarán of Clonmacnoise Saint Pupil
• Fanchea Saint Brother or sister
• Cairech Dergain Saint
  “Caireach Dergain, Virgin, of Cluain-Boirinn in Ui-Maine; or Caireach, daughter of Conall Derg, sister of Enda of Aran, i.e., Caireach Dergain she was called, and she was of the race of Colla-da-chrich.” — this site's research
• Caomhán of Inisheer Saint
  “He is said to have been a disciple of Saint Enda of Aran.” — Wikipedia
• Finnian of Clonard Saint
  “Finnian of Clonard (along with Enda of Aran) is considered one of the fathers of Irish monasticism.” — Wikipedia