Saint Finian the Leper (Irish:Fíonán Lobhar) was anearly Irish saint credited by some sources with founding a church and monastery atInnisfallen inKillarney.^[1][a]

Saint Finian was a disciple ofSt. Columba. He was a strict Irish abbot, whose monks followed avegetarian diet.^[3] For a period of time in the 7th century, he was the leader of the monastery atClonmore, County Carlow,^[4] later becomingthe abbot of Swords Abbey nearDublin.^[1] He may have returned to Clonmore in his later years, and was calledLobhar, "The Leper". Following the custom, he acquired the name when he contracted leprosy from a young boy, whom he had cured of the disease.^[5] A conflicting source, however, says that he only cured the boy and did not contract leprosy himself.^[6] Hisfeast day is 16 March.^[3]

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