Blessed Christian O’Conarchy
Also known as
- Christianus
- Giolla Criost Ua Condoirche
Profile
Spritual student and archdeacon of Saint Malachy O’More at Armagh, Ireland. Received the Cistercian habit at Clairvaux, France in 1139 from Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Abbot of the first Cistercian monastery in Ireland in 1142. Bishop of Lismore, Ireland in 1150. Papal legate for Ireland. In old age he retired to live as a prayerful monk at Odorney Abbey.
Born
- 1186 at Odorney Abbey, Abbeydorney, Ireland of natural causes
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Christian O’Conarchy”. CatholicSaints.Info. 17 March 2010. Web. 3 June 2020. <http://catholicsaints.info/blessed-christian-oconarchy/>