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7th century. In Killaloe, a small town of Ireland, in Co. Munster and Co. Clare, Saint Flannan, first bishop of that See and confessor. Son of King Theodoric (probably Theodoric II, 4th king of Orleans, 3rd king of Burgundy and 7th king of Metz or Austrasia (587-613), he was consecrated, c. 639, by Pope John IV, and endowed the Church greatly. He was entombed in his cathedral of Killaloe.


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