Buíte of Monasterboice

Saint

Buíte
"Muiredach's Cross" at Monasterboice
BornIreland
Diedc. 521
Venerated inCatholic Church
Feast7 December

Buíte (died c. 519/20 or 521), also known as Buíte mac Bronach (Brónaig), and Boetius, was a sixth-century Irish monastic. He was born near Mellifout, Louth; visited Wales and Italy; returned through Germany and Scotland to Antrim, and thence to Louth, where he built Monasterboice, i.e. the Monastery of Buite.

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