Máedóc of Ferns
Saint Máedóc of Ferns | |
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Stained glass window of elderly Saint Áedan in profile at the Church of the Assumption, Wexford | |
| Bishop of Ferns | |
| Born | c. 558 County Cavan |
| Died | 31 January 632 Ferns |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Major shrine | Enniscorthy |
| Feast | 31 January |
| Attributes | Honey bees |
| Patronage | Ferns Abbey, Templeport Abbey, Drumlane Abbey, Rosinver Abbey, Disert Nairbre Abbey, Llawhaden Abbey |
Saint Máedóc of Ferns (Old Irish: [ˈmaiðoːɡ]; fl. 6th & 7th century), also known as Saint Aidan (Irish: Áedan; Welsh: Aeddan; Latin: Aidanus and Edanus), Saint Madoc or Saint Mogue (Irish: Mo Aodh Óg), was an Irish saint who was the first Bishop of Ferns in County Wexford and the founder of thirty churches. His birth name was Áed, the name of the Irish god of the underworld, meaning "fire". The name Aidan is a diminutive form of Aed or Aodh, and was also a form of the Latin name Dominus. Máedóc and Mogue are other forms of Aed or Aodh.