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Iarlaithe mac Loga

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Irish priest and scholar from Connacht

Religious FiguresLived 445 to 540 · aged 95
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Iarlaithe mac Loga, also known as Jarlath, was an Irish priest and scholar from Connacht, remembered as the founder of the monastic School of Tuam and of the Archdiocese of Tuam, of which he is the patron saint.

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Jarlath as depicted in a stained glass window of Tuam Cathedral, designed by Richard King in 1961Jarlath as depicted in a stained glass window of Tuam Cathedral, designed by Richard King in 1961

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Iarlaithe mac Loga, also known as Jarlath, was an Irish priest and scholar from Connacht, remembered as the founder of the monastic School of Tuam and of the Archdiocese of Tuam, of which he is the patron saint. No medieval biography of Jarlath is extant, but sources for his life and cult include genealogies, martyrologies, the Irish Lives of St Brendan of Clonfert, and a biography compiled by John Colgan in the 17th century.

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Religious Figure
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deceased
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Lived 445 to 540 · aged 95
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6 languages

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