Cruithnechán

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title: Cruithnechán
text: Cruithnechán, also known as Cruithnechan, Crunathan, and Cronaghan, was an Irish saint from around the 6th century, known as one of the mentors of Columba, who founded the famous monastery at Iona. Cruithnechán is mentioned briefly in Adomnán's 7th-century hagiographic life of Columba; he served as foster-father or tutor (nutritor) to the young Columba before the latter went on to study with Gemmán in Leinster, and later with Finnian at Movilla. An anecdote is told that Cruithnechán once saw a b
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