Gaimdibhla (died 755) was
Abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fem ...
of
Aran.
Gaimdibhla is one of the few attested successors of
Enda of Aran
Saint Enda of Aran (Éanna, Éinne or Endeus, died 530 AD) is an Irish saint. His feast day is 21 March.
Enda was a warrior-king of Oriel in Ulster, converted by his sister, Saint Fanchea, an abbess. About 484 he established the first Iri ...
. Nothing is known of Gaimdibhla's life or background.
External links
* https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100005A/text055.html
*
Clifford Stevens, ''The One Year Book of Saints''"St. Enda"
8th-century deaths
Abbots of Aran
8th-century Irish abbots
Year of birth unknown
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