Colman, Saint MacCathbad
Colman, Saint MacCathbad
Famed in Irish hagiology. He was distinguished as MacCathbad, whence Kilmackevat, County Antrim, was Bishop of Kilroot, a minor see afterwards incorporated in the Diocese of Connor. He was a contemporary of St. Ailbe, and his feast has been kept from time immemorial on 16 October.
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