Tola of Clonard, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Saint Tola is the name of a seventh-century Irish Roman Catholic saint also referred to as "a good soldier of Christ". Tola, the reputed son of Donchad is also referred to as Thola or Tolanus. He died between 733 and 737. Tola was the bishop of Clonard in Meath, Ireland and a crozier ascribed to him now resides in the NMI in Dublin. He sent missionaries to Europe and also helped aid the expansion of various scholarly studies. About the year 700 he established a monastic community in northwestern Co. Clare, between the River Fergus and the Burren. Portions of his original church, a very early church, or at least portions of its foundations were incorporated into the 11th century Romanesque Church that lies in ruins near Corofin.