1. Comgall was born sometime between 510 and 520 in Dal nAraidi, Ulster according to the Irish annals near the place now known as Magheramorne in present-day County Antrim.
10 Facts About Comgall
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Comgall's father was Setna, a Pictish warrior; his mother's name was Briga.
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Comgall was ordained deacon and priest by Bishop Lugidius, either at Clonmacnoise or Connor.
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Comgall lived for a while in Ulster on an island on Lough Erne, accompanied by a few friends who followed a severe form of monastic life.
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Comgall founded a monastery at Bangor, County Down on the southern shore of Belfast Lough, directly opposite Carrickfergus.
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Comgall is said to have governed in Bangor and other houses over four thousand monks; all which religious men were employed in tillage or other manual labour.
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Comgall was a friend to future saints Cormac, Brendan, and Canice.
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Comgall belonged to what is known as the Second Order of Irish Saints.
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The Antiphonary of Bangor of the seventh century claimed that Comgall was 'strict, holy and constant'; and there has come down to us a Rule of Saint Comgall in Irish, but the evidence would not warrant us in saying that as it stands at present it could be attributed to him.
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St Comgall is mentioned in the "Life of Columbanus" by Jonas, as the superior of Bangor, under whom St Columbanus had studied.