Molaise of Leighlin
Molaise of Leighlin | |
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Wooden statue of Laserian in Carlow County Museum | |
| Born | c.566 Ireland |
| Died | 639 Ireland |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion (Church of Ireland) |
| Feast | 18 April |
Saint Molaise of Leighlin, also Laisrén or Laserian (died ca. 639), was an early Irish saint and abbot of Lethglenn or Leithglenn, now Old Leighlin in County Carlow, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th and 7th centuries. In Scotland, he is known as "Molaise" while in Ireland he is revered as "Laserian".