Cuaran the Wise

Saint Cuaran the Wise

Also known as
• Curvinus the Wise
• Cronan the Wise

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• 9 February

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Our Saint today was not The White Wizard living in Isengard, that was Saruman the Wise,  rather he was a Bishop in Ireland. As many spiritual people will tell you, sometimes the more secular requirements of our lives get so overwhelming that our prayer life suffers. It is tough sometimes to pray and easy not to pray, no one will really know if we don’t…except HIM, and because of this the first thing we tend to jettison, , when the world becomes overwhelming, is praying. Usually at a time when we need to pray more.

Anyhoo, when the requirements of the office crowded out his prayer life, Cuaran moved out of town, disguised his identity, and became a monk. His cognomen is “The Wise” not “the Master of Disguise” soooo, he was quickly recognized by Saint Columba no less, and returned to his duty, I like to think the miter on a guy trying to look inconspicuous, in some coffee shop somewhere was a dead giveaway, . It is said he was called “the Wise” due to his extensive knowledge of the canons of the Church clearly not for his masquerade ability.

He died about the year 700