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Also known as

• Cronan of Balla
• Cuan
• Mochua of Balla
• Moncan

Memorial

• 30 March
• 1 January on some calendars

Profile

Educated at Bangor Abbey under Saint Comgall of Bangor. Founded a monastery at Gael, among the Feara Rois of Louth and Monaghan. Travelled to Fore, then Hy-Many in the country of Connaught (all these places are in Ireland). Founded the diocese and abbey of Balla, County Mayo, Ireland in 616, and served as its first abbot–bishop; a tower and altar from the monstery are all that remain of the original structures. Miracle worker. Confessor of the faith. Lived to be nearly 100.

Born

• 6th century in Ulster, Ireland

Died

• 30 March 637 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Mayo on the Move
• New Catholic Dictionary
• La fête des prénoms
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Cronan Mochua“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 March 2010. Web. 25 September 2016. <>