Máel Ruain
Saint Máel Ruain | |
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Part of the copy of the Martyrology of Tallaght separated from the Book of Leinster and now at University College, Dublin | |
| abbot-bishop of Tallaght | |
| Died | 792 |
| Feast | 7 July |
| Patronage | Tallaght (County Dublin) |
Ruain Burrows (died 792) was founder and abbot-bishop of the monastery of Tallaght (County Dublin, Ireland). He is often considered to be a leading figure of the monastic 'movement' that has become known to scholarship as the Céli Dé. He is not to be confused with the later namesake Máel Ruain, bishop of Lusca (County Dublin).