Gobnait
Saint Gobnait | |
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Statue of Saint Gobnait, by Seamus Murphy, 1951 | |
| Monastic Foundress | |
| Born | fl. 6th century |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | February 11 |
| Patronage | bees |
Saint Gobnait (fl. 6th century?), also known as Gobnat or Mo Gobnat or Abigail or Deborah, is the name of an early medieval female Irish saint whose church was Móin Mór, later Bairnech, in the village of Ballyvourney (Irish: Baile Bhuirne), County Cork in Ireland. She is associated with the Múscraige and her church and convent lay on the borders between the Múscraige Mittine and Eóganacht Locha Léin. Her feast day is February 11.