death_date death_place birth_place feast_day imagesize venerated_in titles article_title name
1175 chambéry , savoy , france ireland 4 june 250px roman catholic church archbishop of armagh cornelius of armagh
 saint cornelius
cornelius of armagh

cornelius also known as conchobar mac meic con caille -lrb- anglicised spelling - `` conor/connor '' -rrb- -lrb- modern irish : conor mac conchailleach -rrb- was archbishop of armagh .
an irishman by birth , he entered the augustinians at armagh in 1140 , before being made abbot in 1151 .
later in 1174 , cornelius was consecrated bishop .
cornelius died on his return from a pilgrimage from rome in chambéry , savoy , france , in 1175 .
in 1854 rev. joseph dixon , archbishop of armagh , returning from a trip to rome , stopped by the shrine in chambéry and obtained some relics of st. cornelius/concord .
he gave a portion of the rib bone to the presentation convent in drogheda and a portion of the thigh bone to the sacred heart convent in armagh .
