# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cainnech-of-aghaboe
# Generated: 2026-08-16T14:54:39.223Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cainnech-of-aghaboe"
name: "Cainnech of Aghaboe"
slug: "cainnech-of-aghaboe"
description: "Cainnech of Aghaboe (515/16–600), also known as Saint Canice in Ireland, Saint Kenneth in Scotland, Saint Kenny and in Latin Sanctus Canicus, was an Irish abbot, monastic founder, priest and missionary during the early medieval period. Cainnech is one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland and preached Christianity across Ireland and to the Picts in Scotland. He wrote a commentary on the Gospels, which for centuries was known as the Glas-Choinnigh or Kenneth's Lock or the Chain of Cainnech."
tagline: "Saint, priest and abbot who preached across Ireland and Scotland."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/San_canizio_kilkenny.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "515"
deathDate: "600"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.13
  momentum:             3.026315789473683
  historical:           10.30313466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaniko_abati"
    title: "Kaniko abati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cainnech_von_Aghaboe"
    title: "Cainnech von Aghaboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cainnech_of_Aghaboe"
    title: "Cainnech of Aghaboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Canice"
    title: "San Canice"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canice_d'Aghaboe"
    title: "Canice d'Aghaboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomh_Cainneach"
    title: "Naomh Cainneach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomh_Cainneach"
    title: "Naomh Cainneach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanikus"
    title: "Kanikus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canizio_di_Aghaboe"
    title: "Canizio di Aghaboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cainnech_de_Aghaboe"
    title: "Cainnech de Aghaboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Awi%C4%99ty_Kanizjusz"
    title: "Święty Kanizjusz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cainnech_de_Aghaboe"
    title: "Cainnech de Aghaboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1133742"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump