{"id":6107,"date":"2006-09-04T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2006-09-04T13:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/st-macnissi.html"},"modified":"2006-09-04T13:55:57","modified_gmt":"2006-09-04T13:55:57","slug":"st-macnissi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/st-macnissi.html","title":{"rendered":"St. MacNissi"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reader  – actually a priest from Ireland –  writes in with the reminder that on September 4, along with many others<\/a>, we celebrate Saint Macnissi (there are many variants on the name)<\/a> who was baptized by St. Patrick and probably founder of the Kells monastery. Father shares this wonderful observation:<\/p>\n

September 4th is the feast day of St Macnissi (spelt sometimes MacNisi or Macnisius) the patron of the Irish diocese of Connor – now united with the diocese of Down – basically north east of Ireland including Belfast. <\/p>\n

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While in St Patrick’s Church in San Frrancisco over the summer, <\/a>I noticed that the church had 32 stained glass windows down the side walls – one for each of the 32 counties of Ireland – each depicting the name of the county’s saint as well as the name of the county. It was delightful to see the images of these Irish saints looking down on a packed congregation mostly of Chinese and Filipinos – a wonderful symbol of the spread, continuity, resilience and Catholicity of the Church. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So true!<\/p>\n

A bit more on the history of St. Macnissi’s era.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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