Kevin of Glendalough

Saint Cóemgen (modern Irish: Caoimhghin), popularly anglicized to Kevin (d. c.618) is an Irish saint who was known as the founder and first abbot of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland. His life is not well known, as no contemporaneous material exists. His Latin vita maintains that he was descended from a royal line and was related to the Dál Messin Corb. He was given the name Coemgen, which means "gentle one", was baptized by Cronan, and educated by St Petroc during that saint's sojourn in Ireland. He lived in solitude at Disert-Coemgen for seven years, sleeping on a dolmen (now known as "Saint Kevin's Bed") perched on a perilous precipice, that an angel had led him to, and later established a church for his own community at...