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About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Cumian, Comyn
- Variants
- Cumian, Comyn
- Stronghold region
- Munster
Overview
Borne by Saint Cuimín Fota of Clonfert, 7th-century abbot and author, and by Saint Cuimín of Iona, biographer of Colm Cille.
The story behind Cuimín
Saint Cuimín Fota ('the Tall') was abbot of Clonfert and a renowned scholar whose Penitential influenced ecclesiastical discipline across western Europe.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; 7th-century saint and scholar.
Did you know?
Saint Cuimín Fota of Clonfert was author of the Penitential of Cummean, an influential 7th-century moral text.
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