First
Bishop of
Cork,
and Confessor, c. 633.Also
known as Barr, Barrus, Bairre, Barry, Barrocus, Lochann.
He was
the son of an artisan and a lady of the Irish royal court.Born in
Connaught,
Ireland,
and baptized Lochan, he was educated at Kilmacahil, Kilkenny, where
the monks named him Fionnbharr (white head) because of his light hair...
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