Saint Nissen was an early Christian convert who was abbot of a monastery in
County Wexford
County Wexford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...
, Ireland.
Life
Saint Nissen was converted to Christianity by
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick (; or ; ) was a fifth-century Romano-British culture, Romano-British Christian missionary and Archbishop of Armagh, bishop in Gaelic Ireland, Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Irelan ...
. He became abbot of Montgarth (
Mountgarret
Mountgarret (or Mountgarrett, Mount Garrett; ) is a townland in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland.
It is known for the ruins of a medieval tower house that was built by the Bishop of Ferns in 1408.
Location
Mountgarrett is in the Electoral Div ...
) Abbey in Wexford, Ireland.
His feast day is 25 July.
Monks of Ramsgate account
The monks of
St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate
St Augustine's Abbey or Ramsgate Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Ramsgate. It was built in 1860 by Augustus Pugin and is a Grade II listed building. It was the first Benedictine monastery to be built in England since the Reformation. In ...
, wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921),
Butler's account
The hagiographer
Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiography, hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College, in Douai, Douay, France where he later taught philosophy and theology. He s ...
( 1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'', under April 9,
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Disciples of Saint Patrick
5th-century deaths