Mochuda, Saint
Mochuda, Saint
Abbot , born County Kerry, Ireland , 555 ; died Lismore, 637 . He spent his youth as a swineherd near Castlemaine, entered a neighboring monastery , studied under Saint Carthage the Elder, and was ordained. In 580 he built a cell at Kiltallagh where he lived as a hermit . He founded the monastery of Rahan in Offaly County, c.590 , and was consecrated Abbot -Bishop of the Fercal district. He composed a rule for his monks, a metrical poem of 580 lines, which is one of the most interesting literary treasures of the early Irish Church. Expelled from Rahan, 635 , with 800 of his community, he established a monastery which later became the famous school of Lismore. Buried in his own church at Lismore. Feast , 14 May .