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Caintigern (died 734), or Saint Kentigerna, was a daughter of Cellach Cualann, King of Leinster. Her feast is listed in the ''Aberdeen Breviary'' for 7 January.
Her husband is said to have been Feriacus regulus of Monchestre, who possibly is the same person as Feradach, grandson of Artúr of Dál Riata.
Along with her brother St. Comgán and her son St. Fillan (Fáelán), the widowed Caintigern is said to have lived as a
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Caintigern (died 734), or Saint Kentigerna, was a daughter of Cellach Cualann, King of Leinster. Her feast is listed in the ''Aberdeen Breviary'' for 7 January.
Her husband is said to have been Feriacus regulus of Monchestre, who possibly is the same person as Feradach, grandson of Artúr of Dál Riata.
Along with her brother St. Comgán and her son St. Fillan (Fáelán), the widowed Caintigern is said to have lived as a hermit
A hermit, also known as an eremite ( adjectival form: hermitic or eremitic) or solitary, is a person who lives in seclusion. Eremitism plays a role in a variety of religions.
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In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a C ...
, first in Strath Fillan, then in the Lennox, on the island of Inchcailloch on Loch Lomond."Saint Kentigerna", Gazetteer for Scotland/ref>
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* http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Caintigern.shtmlSources
* Alan Orr Anderson, ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caintigern People from County Wicklow 734 deaths 8th-century Christian saints Medieval Irish saints 8th-century Irish people Female saints of medieval Ireland 8th-century Irish women Year of birth unknown