Munchin

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Munchin

St. Munchin (fl. 7th century), called "the Wise," was traditionally the first bishop of Limerick, Ireland

Ireland

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. He is patron saint

Patron saint

A patron saint is a saint who is regarded as the intercessor and advocate in heaven of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, or person. Patron saints, because they have already transcended to the metaphysical, are able to intercede effectively for the needs of their special charges....
of the diocese

Diocese

In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
of Limerick. It is also believed that he may not have not been a bishop, as he is commonly known as Maincin, meaning "little monk." He may have been born in County Clare

County Clare

County Clare commonly referred to as simply Clare, is a Counties of Ireland of Ireland and part of the wider Provinces of Ireland of Munster....
.

Tradition holds that St. Munchin was the first bishop of Limerick and he founded a cathedral

Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop. It is a Religion building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic Church, Anglicanism, Orthodox Christian and some Lutheranism churches, which serves as a bishop's seat, and thus as the central church of a dioc...
which remained the principal church of the diocese until Donal O'Brien, King of Thomond

Thomond

Thomond The region of Ireland associated with the name Thomond is County Clare, County Limerick, north County Tipperary and east County Clare, effectively most of north Munster....
, built St. Mary’s Cathedral

St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick

St Mary's Cathedral is a Church of Ireland cathedral in Limerick, Ireland, dedicated to the Blessed Mary, the mother of Jesus.In 1111 in Ireland, at the Synod of Rathbrassil, it was decided that "St Mary's church" would become the cathedral church of the Diocese of Limerick....
in the 12th century.

His feast day is January 2.