 Clichés of the hagiographic genre, such as demonstrations of the saint's authority through pious behaviour and miracle-working, are exaggerated to absurd effect.There is also a modernised version of this "Life", known as "Betha Colmáin Lainne" ("Life of Colmán of Lynn").Colmán is not included in the "Félire Óengusso", even though his "Life" pretends to cite the work to this effect, but the Martyrologies of Donegal and Martyrology of Gorman give his feastday at 17 June.