ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS April 28 St. Cronan of Roscrea, 626 A.D. Founder and hermit

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS April 28 St. Cronan of Roscrea, 626 A.D. Founder and hermit in Ireland. He was the son of Odran, born in Munster, or possibly Ely O’Carroll, Offaly, Ireland. Cronan founded fifty monasteries, the first at Puay and the most famous at Roscrea. He ended his life as a blind hermit.