Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 46901
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Mac Shamhráin , Ailbhe,
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  • Title: Liadain
  • 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/liadain-a4833clare
  • Description: Founder and abbess of Cell Liadain (Co. Offaly) and a saint in the Irish tradition
  • Article Type: Encyclopedia
  • Subject (See Also): Abbesses Ciaran of Seir, Saint Hagiography Ireland Liadain, Saint Marriage Mothers Monasticism Widows 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