Áed Dub mac Colmáin
KING OF LEINSTER AND SAINT
Aedh of Kildare; Aed Dub mac Colmain
Áed Dub mac Colmáin or Áed(h) of Kildare is a former King of Leinster, and an Irish saint, commemorated by Colgan under date of 4 January; but much obscurity attaches to his life-work. The Annals of the Four Masters and the Annals of Ulster agree in the account of this monarch, who resigned his crown and eventually became Bishop of Kildare.