Molaise

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Saint Molaise, born late 6th century, also called Saint Laisren or Lazerian, meaning light. Born in Ireland and raised in Scotland as a young man he lived the life of a hermit on Holy Isle. He later visited Rome as a pilgrim and was subsequently said to have been ordained a bishop there. On return to Ireland he founded a church at Leighlin in County Carlow and eventually became abbot of a local monastery. Saint Molaise's feast day is celebrated on April 18.

Molaise died in 570^[1].

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1. ^ Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001

• Colum Kenny, Molaise, abbot of Leighlin and hermit of holy island: the life and legacy of St Laisren in Ireland and Scotland. Morrigan Books. 1998. ISBN 0907677673