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  • Record Number: 46895
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Mac Shamhráin , Ailbhe,
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  • Title: Cóelfhind (mod. Ir. Caelainn, Caoilinn)
  • Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography  Edited by James McGuire and James Quinn.  Cambridge University Press, 2009. Available open access from the Dictionary of Irish Biography, a project of the Royal Irish Academy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/coelfhind-mod-ir-caelainn-caoilinn-a1788
  • Description: Founder of the monastic community, Termonmore (Co. Roscommon), and saint in the Irish tradition. In modern Irish, spellings include Caelainn, Caoilinn, and Caillann.
  • Article Type: Encyclopedia
  • Subject (See Also): Chastity Cóelfhind, Saint Hagiography Ireland Monasticism Virgins Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 6
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  • Author's Affiliation: Editor of the Monasticon Hibernicum (https://monasticon.celt.dias.ie/), a searchable database of Irish ecclesiastical sites 5th to 12th centuries.
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  • Year of Publication: 2009.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available