Finnian

Finnian , also Finian or Finan, is a Celtic given name.

Name bearers are:

St. Finnian of Clonard (470-549), founder of a monastery and bishop, teacher of the "Twelve Apostles of Ireland"
St. Finnian of Movilla (6th century), collaborator of St. Patrick of Ireland and opponent of St. Columban of Iona
St. Finnian of Kinnitty , also Finan Cam (6th / 7th centuries), founder and abbot, see Church Island (Lough Currane) ;
Saint Finan of Lindisfarne († 661), Irish monk in Iona before he came to Lindisfarne monastery;
St. Finian, the leper (6th / 7th centuries), founder of the monastery, see Innisfallen Abbey ;