Another poem beginning "Tara the house in which lived the son of Conn", found in the Book of Rights, and also assigned to him by O'Reilly, is there said to be the composition of Benen or Benignus.
It is probable he came to Kerry soon after the mission of St. Benignus, who was sent by St. Patrick in 450 to preach to the tribes of West Munster.
Besides its martyred bishops, Syracuse claims other Christian martyrs, such as St. Benignus and St. Eugarius (204), St. Bassianus (270); and the martyrdom of the deacon Euplus and the virgin St. Lucy under Diocletian are thought to be historical.
it marks the location of the original monastic settlement founded by Benen, the disciple of St. Patrick, the national saint of Ireland.
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John joined William at the Abbey of Saint Bénigne (or Saint Benignus), in Dijon, where William was abbot.