Ailbe of Emly
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Saint Ailbe, usually known in English as St Elvis, Eilfyw or Eilfw, was regarded as the chief 'pre-Patrician' saint of Ireland. He was a bishop and later saint.
St. Ailbe by Alfred Child at the Honan Chapel
St Elvis, Pembrokeshire today
St Ailbe's Cross in Emly.
Saint Patrick
Declán of Ardmore
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Declán of Ardmore, also called Déclán, was an early Irish saint of the Déisi Muman who was remembered for having converted the Déisi to Christianity in the late 5th century and for having founded the
Ailbe of Emly
…Patrick, while to similar effect, Ailbe is called a "second Patrick and patron of Munster" (secundus Patricius et patronus Mumenie) in the Life of Saint Declán of Ardmore. Further material is provided by the lives of related saints such as Patrick. All include numerous miraculous events and obvious inconsistencies and…
Stained glass window of St. Declán in Honan Chapel in Cork, Ireland.
Statue in Ardmore's modern church
Round Tower at Ardmore
Memorial stone in Ardmore