Saint Nissen Explained

Honorific Prefix:Saint
Nissen
Birth Date:5th century
Birth Place:Ireland
Residence:Mountgarret, County Wexford, Ireland
Death Date:5th century
Feast Day:25 July

Saint Nissen was an early Christian convert who was abbot of a monastery in County Wexford, Ireland.

Life

Saint Nissen was converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick. He became abbot of Montgarth (Mountgarret) Abbey in Wexford, Ireland.His feast day is 25 July.

Monks of Ramsgate account

The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, wrote in their Book of Saints (1921),

Butler's account

The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, under April 9,