which is first attested in a Spanish Martyrology of the 9th century. In later years the monastery of Clonard came under the rule of the Uí Néill, and came to share an abbot with either Kildare or Clonmacnoise. Patronage Finnian is the patron saint of the Diocese of Meath. See also Saint Finnian of Clonard, patron saint archive Notes References . Further reading Secondary sources Hughes, Kathleen. "The Cult of St Finnian of Clonard from the Eighth to the Eleventh Century". Irish Historical Studies 9.33 (1954). pp. 13–27. Primary sources Lives of St Finnian of Clonard Irish Life, ed. Whitley Stokes, Lives of the Saints from the Book of Lismore. Oxford, 1890. Vol. 2. Latin Life in the Codex Salmanticensis (fos. 83r–86v), ed. J. De Smedt and C. De Backer, Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae ex codice Salmanticensi. Edinburgh et al., 1888. Cols 189–210. Latin Life in Bodleian, Rawlinson MS B 485 (fos. 54–8), and Rawlinson B 505 (fos. 156v–160v). Unpublished. Elizabeth Hickey: The Irish Life of Saint Finnian of Clonard: master of the saints of Ireland. With a commentary for the general reader. Hrsg.: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society. 1996, . External links Butler, Alban. Lives of the Saints, Vol. XII, 1866 The Venerable Finnian 470 births 540s deaths 5th-century Irish people 6th-century Christian saints 6th-century Irish abbots 6th-century Latin writers Irish writers Medieval Irish saints Medieval saints of Meath People from County Carlow People from County Meath Angelic visionaries