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Saint Declan was an early Irish people|Irish bishop and abbot. He is sometimes said to be one of four bishops to have preceded Saint Patrick in Ireland in the early 5th century (See also Saints Ailbhe, Ciaran, and Saint Ibar|Ibar), although he is also made a contemporary of Saint David in the mid-6th century. His calendar of saints|feast day is July 24.

Life
He converted the people of the Decies, an ancient principality of southern Ireland, to Christianity. There he founded the Christian monasticism|monastic settlement of Ardmore, County Waterford|Ardmore. Although Ardmore is no longer the seat of a diocese, the local Roman Catholic Church|Catholic parish bears Declan's name. His hagiography|Life is preserved in both a Latin and Irish language|Irish version; the latter was translated into English language|English by Rev. P. Power in 1914. Rev. Power's translation is available online from Christian Classics Ethereal Library [http://www.ccel.org/d/declan/life/declan.html].

There was much controversy involving which Saint was to become the Patron Saint of Ireland. Since St. Patrick was not of Irish heritage many of the Irish people believed that St. Declan should instead become the country's Patron Saint.{{fact|date=March 2008

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Image:Celtic cross.svg|100px|thumb|right|The Black Cross of St. Declan
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