St. MacCathbad Colman

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Famed in Irish hagiology. He was distinguished as MacCathbad, whence Kilmackevat, County Antrim, was Bishop of Kilroot, a minor see afterwards incorporated in the Diocese of Connor. He was a contemporary of St. Ailbe, and his feast has been kept from time immemorial on 16 October.

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Author: Grattan-Flood, William
Publication: The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1908.
Nihil Obstat: Nihil Obstat. Remy Lafort, Censor.
Imprimatur: Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.