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: ''For another saint of the same name, see [[Íbar of Killibar Beg]]. For other uses, see [[Ibar]].''▼
▲: ''For another saint of the same name, see [[Íbar of Killibar Beg]]. For other uses, see [[Ibar (disambiguation)|Ibar]].''
[[File:Our Lady's Island Church of the Assumption Chancel Window Sanctus Iberius Detail 2010 09 26.jpg|thumb|upright|Stained glass window depicting Saint Ibar in the Church of the Assumption, Our Lady's Island, County Wexford]]▼
'''Ibar mac Lugna''', whose name is also given as '''Iberius''' or '''Ivor''', was an early [[Irish people|Irish]] saint, patron of Beggerin Island, and bishop. The [[saint]] is sometimes said to have been one of four bishops to have preceded [[Saint Patrick]] in [[Ireland]] (see also the saint [[Ailbe of Emly|Ailbe]], [[Ciarán of Saigir |Ciaran]] and [[Declán of Ardmore | Déclán]]), although possibly they were just contemporaries. His [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] is 23 April.▼
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|image_size= 160px
|caption= St. Ibar, Church of the Assumption, Our Lady's Island, Wexford
|death_date= 23 April 500
|feast_day= 23 April
|patronage= Beggerin Island, Wexford
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▲'''Ibar mac Lugna''', whose name is also given as '''Iberius''' or '''Ivor''', was an early [[Irish people|Irish]] saint, patron of Beggerin Island, and bishop. The [[saint]] is sometimes said to have been one of the ''"Quattuor sanctissimi Episcopi"'' ("The four most sacred bishops") said to have preceded [[Saint Patrick]] in [[Ireland]] (see also the saint [[Ailbe of Emly|Ailbe]], [[Ciarán of Saigir
==Life==
According to the Annals of the Four Masters, Ibar was of noble birth and descended from the tribe of Ui Echach who occupied east [[County Down]]. His sister Mella married Hua-Carbmiac, king of Hy-Kensellagh, a kingdom which consisted of all current county Wexford and a considerable part of Wicklow and Carlow.<ref name="Odden">[http://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/imeath Odden, Einar. "The Holy Ibar of Begerin (d. 500)", Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo]</ref>
Much obscurity attaches to his early training, but it is said that his early education took place in an important druidic school. When followers of [[Martin of Tours]] began to appear in Ireland, Ibar travelled to [[Armorica]] to learn more of this new teaching. He spent some time at [[Lérins Abbey]] where he must have met [[Ciarán of Saigir]].<ref name="Odden"/>
When Ibar returned from Lérins, he was accompanied by some companions, who constituted the first community that Ibar established on one of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. But his stay in the West did not last very long, for he moved his monastery to plain Geshille in County Offaly.<ref name="Odden"/> He then settled at Beggerin, where he built an oratory and cell. In the ''Life of Saint Abbán'' it is stated that Saint Ibar's retreat was soon peopled with numerous disciples from all parts of Ireland, and the 'Litany of Aengus' invokes the three thousand confessors who placed themselves under Ibar's direction.
Although at first not disposed to yield to Saint Patrick (or his successors), he afterwards submitted and became his disciple. However, accounts of this may originate in the interest of Armagh to claim precedence over the other religious centres in Ireland, which could also demonstrate early bishops.
Ibar's nephew, St [[Abbán]], as a boy of twelve, came to Beggerin in Ibar's old age and accompanied him to [[Rome]].<ref>[http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/abban.html "The Life of St.Abban", ''Bethada Naem nÉrenn'', vol. II. ed. & trans. Charles Plummer. Oxford: 1922]</ref> [[Moninne]] is said to have travelled to Leinster to become the disciple of St Ibar before founding her monastery in Killeavy.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=18895&back= Charles-Edwards, T. M. "Ulster, saints of (act. c.400–c.650)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2007]</ref>
He preached in the present [[County Wexford]]. Ibar's death has been chronicled in the year 500 on 23 April, on which day his feast is observed.<ref>*{{cite DNB|wstitle=Ibhar|volume=28}}</ref>
==Legacy==
Ibar is regarded as the patron of [[History of County Wexford#Coming of Christianity|Beggerin Island]] (Begerin), in Wexford harbour. (Although Beggerin was formerly an island in the north of Wexford harbour, it has long since been reclaimed).<ref name="grattan">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07613b.htm Grattan-Flood, William. "St. Ibar." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 19 Jul. 2013]</ref> He is also to patron saint of the town of Wexford.
The Church of Ireland church in Wexford town is named [[St Iberius' Church]], and is believed to be built upon a site Ibar used for an oratory.
He also gives his name to St. Ibar's–Shelmaliers Camogie Club, a [[camogie]] team based in [[Wexford Town]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shelmaliers.ie/2007/06/st-ibars-camogie-history/|title=St. Ibars Camogie History – Shelmaliers GAA}}</ref>
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite ODNB |last=Johnston |first= Elva |url= http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/51008 |contribution=Munster, saints of (act. ''c''.450–''c''.700) |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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