caption death_date birth_place feast_day imagesize venerated_in patronage birth_date titles major_shrine image article_title name
statue of st. finnian in clonard yes 549 12 12 myshall , county carlow 12 december 100px orthodox as the tikhonites , roman catholic church church , including true orthodox church jurisdictions such diocese of meath 470 teacher of the saints of ireland clonard abbey -lrb- destroyed -rrb- clonard statue st finian selection 2007 08 26.jpg finnian of clonard
 finnian of clonard
finnian of clonard

saint finnian of clonard -lrb- ` cluain eraird ' -rrb- -- also finian , fionán or fionnán in irish ; or vennianus and vinniaus in its latinised form -lrb- 470 -- 549 -rrb- -- was one of the early irish monastic saints , who founded clonard abbey in modern-day county meath .
the twelve apostles of ireland studied under him .
saint finnian of clonard -lrb- along with saint enda of aran -rrb- is considered one of the fathers of irish monasticism .
