Finnian (also Finian, Fionán or Fionnán in Irish; or Finianus and Finanus in its Latinised form) may refer to:
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Finnian of Movilla
Finnian of Movilla (–589) was an Irish Christian missionary. His feast day is 10 September.
Origins and life
Finnian (sometimes called Finbarr "the white head", a reference to his fair hair), was a Christian missionary in medieval Ir ...
(495–589), Christian missionary to Ireland
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Finnian of Clonard
Finnian of Clonard ('Cluain Eraird') – also Finian, Fionán or Fionnán in Irish; or Finianus and Finanus in its Latinised form (470–549) – was one of the early Irish monastic saints, who founded Clonard Abbey in modern-day County Meath ...
(470–549), Irish founder of the monastery of Clonard
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Finian Lobhar
Saint Finian the Leper () was an early Irish saint credited by some sources with founding a church and monastery at Innisfallen in Killarney.
Life
Saint Finian was a disciple of St. Columba. He was a strict Irish abbot, whose monks followed a ve ...
an early Irish saint credited with founding a church and monastery at Innisfallen in Killarney.
See also
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Finnan (disambiguation) Finnan may refer to:
Places
*Findon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known as Finnan
* Glen Finnan, a valley in the Highlands of Scotland
*Glenfinnan, a settlement at the bottom of the glen
* River Finnan, which flows down the Scottish glen
People
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Finan of Lindisfarne
Finan of Lindisfarne (died 10 or 17 February 661), also known as Saint Finan, was an Irish monk, trained at Iona Abbey in Scotland, who became the second bishop of Lindisfarne from 651 until 661.
Life
Finan was appointed to Lindisfarne in 651, ...
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