There is a late medieval Latin "Vita", preserved among the records of the Franciscan Convent in Dublin, edited by John Colgan as part of the "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae". According to this account, Kevin (like St. Columba) was of noble birth, the son of Coemlog and Coemell of Leinster. This account stated he was born in 498 AD at the Fort of the White Fountain and baptized by Saint Cronan of Roscrea. His given name "Coemgen" (anglicized "Kevin") means "fair-begotten", or "of noble birth".