Our Patron
St. Aengus MacNissi was baptised by St Patrick and as a young boy was put under his care. He was trained by Patrick to be a priest and eventually became a bishop.
The centre of his Episcopal See was the church of Connor in Country Antrim which gave its name to the Diocese. This was a monastic settlement where in its early stages the monks lived in separate huts to pray and study in solitude.
It became a monastery in 480 AD. From here St. MacNissi founded other churches and as with many of the early Irish Saints, many miracles were attributed to him as ‘the Divine word is everywhere sown’. He died in 514 AD and is commemorated as the Patron of the Diocese of Connor.
His Feast day is the 4th September.
