Cainnear (saint)

{{Short description|Irish saint}}

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| name = Saint Cainnear or Cannera of Cluain Claraidh

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| birth_date = unknown

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| death_date = c. 5th/6th century AD

| death_place = Cluain Claraidh (unknown location)

| venerated_in = Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church{{fact|date=July 2023}}

| canonized_by = a local medieval bishop following her death

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Saint Cainnear (Cainder, Cannera) was the name of an obscure Irish saint mentioned in the life of St. Moluag. Described as the "foundress of Cluain Cláraid", she was a first cousin of Brendan of Clonfert who healed her of muteness when she was sixteen years old.{{Cite web |title=Cainner (Cannera) | publisher = Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/cainner-cannera-a1373 |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=www.dib.ie |language=en}} Little else is known about her except that she later became a nun and the foundress of a nunnery at Cluain Claraid of unknown locality.

She is not to be confused with the more famous St. Cainnear of Bantry and Scattery Island.{{Cite web |title=Saints in Scottish Place-Names - Cainner Chráibdech |url=https://saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk/saint.php?id=187 |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk}}