death_place death_date feast_day venerated_in article_title name
monastery of lorrha 5 april 584 5 april catholic church , orthodox church ruadhán of lorrha
 saint ruadán
ruadhán of lorrha

`` for the literary figure of ruadán , son of bres and brigid , see brigid '' st. ruadhán mac fergusa birn , also known as rowan and rodan , was an irish christian abbot who founded the monastery of lorrha -lrb- `` lothra '' , county tipperary , ireland -rrb- , near terryglass .
he was known for his prophesies .
after his death , he was venerated as a saint and as one of the `` twelve apostles of ireland '' .
the dictionary of saints states that ruadan was born in leinster , ireland , became a disciple of st. finian of clonard and founded the abbot of lothra monastery in tipperary .
he directed 150 monks .
also , his death date is april 15 , 584 ; not april 5 .
he is said to have died at the monastery of lorrha , 5 april 584 .
his feast is kept on the anniversary of his death .
