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St. Michaela is the sister of St. Patrick, the Irish saint who spread Christianity around Ireland during the Early-Christian years in Ireland in 432AD.

St. Michaela is usually unrecognised, and inferior to the famous Saint Patrick, but as the myth says he banished all the snakes from Ireland, it's also said that Michaela banished giraffes, lizards, parakeets, snow leopards and elephants from Ireland during this era.

St. Michaela was 32 years younger than St. Patrick, and when she was but 16 he impregnated her with their child, Fionn McCúl. Fionn McCúl is known as the leader of the Fianna, an ancient Irish hunting group, and is also part of many Irish folk stories.

Although Michaela had 9 children with Patrick, all of them inbred, she had undying love for St. Declan, a senior to her. St. Declan established the highly acclaimed monastery in Ardmore (Ard Mhór), Co. Waterford. It is said that they met whilst doing a gardening course in a local restaurant in Waterford.

The name 'Michaela', is thought to be a modern Westernized American name, but in actual fact is Irish by origin, also the female version of 'Michael' or 'Mícheál' in the native Irish language. The Irish version of this is 'Mícheála' or 'Mícheálach', which in translation means 'Who isn't like God' or 'Who is different to God'.

St. Michaela was hanged in 494AD for commiting adultery against the Catholic church.

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