# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mael-ruain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:20:39.031Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mael-ruain"
name: "Máel Ruain"
slug: "mael-ruain"
description: "Máel Ruain was founder and abbot-bishop of the monastery of Tallaght. He is often considered to be a leading figure of the monastic 'movement' that has become known to scholarship as the Céli Dé. He is not to be confused with the later namesake Máel Ruain, bishop of Lusca."
tagline: "Abbot-bishop of Tallaght"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martyrology_of_Tallaght.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
deathDate: "792"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.62
  momentum:             5.625
  historical:           5.071922666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1el_Ruain"
    title: "Máel Ruain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1el_Ruain"
    title: "Máel Ruain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1el_Ruain"
    title: "Máel Ruain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mael_Ruain"
    title: "Mael Ruain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1el_Ruain"
    title: "Máel Ruain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1el_Ruain"
    title: "Máel Ruain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6949556"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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