Mo Chutu of Lismore

Saint

Mo Chutu of Lismore
Mochutu, Carthach (the Younger), Carthagus, Carthage, Mochuda
Mo Chutu along with Catherine and Patrick on an altar tomb of 1543 in St Carthage's cathedral in Lismore
Personal details
Died(639-05-14)14 May 639
Sainthood
Feast day14 May
Venerated in
PatronageLismore, Ireland

Mo Chutu mac Fínaill (died 14 May 639),[1] also known as Mochuda, Carthach or Carthach the Younger (a name Latinized as Carthagus and Anglicized as Carthage /ˈkɑːrθədʒ/),[2][3] was abbot of Rahan, County Offaly, and subsequently, founder and first abbot of Lismore (Irish: Les Mór Mo Chutu), County Waterford.[4] The saint's Life has come down in several Irish and Latin recensions, which appear to derive from a Latin original written in the 11th or 12th century.[4]

  1. ^ Annals of Inisfallen, entry AI639.3. There exist conflicting dates in other annals. This date has been confirmed by Daniel P. McCarthy in his Chronology of the Irish Annals, see Mc Carthy, Daniel P. (1998). "The Chronology of the Irish Annals". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 98C. Royal Irish Academy: 203–255.
  2. ^ William Henry Grattan Flood (1908). "St. Carthage". In Catholic Encyclopedia. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  3. ^ The Roman Missal (Veritas 2011; ISBN 978-1-84730-297-7), p. 760
  4. ^ a b Johnston, "Munster, saints of (act. c. 450–c. 700)."