Celtic and Old English Saints 6 January =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Schottin of Kilkenny * St. Diman Dubh of Connor * St. Edeyrn of Brittany * St. Eigrad * St. Hywyn of Aberdaron * St. Melanius of Rennes * St. Merinus the Hermit * St. Peter of Canterbury =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
St. Schottin (Schotin, Scarthin), Hermit of Kilkenny ------------------------------------------- 6th century. While still a youth, Schotin left Ireland to become a disciple of Saint David in Wales. For many years after his return to Ireland he led the life of an anchorite at Mt. Mairge, Leix. He is said to have established a school for boys at Kilkenny (Benedictines). Troparion of St Schotin tone 4 0 disciple of Dewi Sant./ Flower of the wilderness and teacher of the young./ Holy Schotin, in life thou didst serve Christ./ Wherefore , O Saint intercede that by following thee in all piety and Godly quiet,/ we may attain eternal life. St. Diman Dubh of Connor, Bishop -------------------------------------------------- (also known as Dimas, Dima) Died 658. Diman Dubh (Diman the Black) was a monk under Saint Columba, and afterwards abbot and bishop of Connor. He is one of the prelates to whom the Roman Church, after the death of Pope Honorius in 640, addressed the epistle on the paschal controversy and on Pelagianism (Benedictines). St. Edeyrn (Edern), Hermit ------------------------------------- 6th century. He is the patron saint of a church in Brittany. Tradition describes him as a Briton, associating him with King Arthur, and making him end his days as a hermit in Armorica (Benedictines). Saint Edeyrn is depicted in art as a hermit riding on a stag. He is venerated in Brittany (Roeder). St. Eigrad -------------- 6th century. Saint Eigrad, a brother of Saint Samson, was trained by Saint Illtyd, and founded a church in Anglesey (Benedictines). St. Hywyn (Owen, Ewen) of Aberdaron ------------------------------------------------------- Died after 516. Saint Hywyn was probably a companion of Saint Cadfan on his return journey from Brittany in 516 to Cornwall and Wales. He is said to have been the founder of Aberdaron in Carnarvonshire. Several churches in western England known as Saint Owen's or Saint Ewen's possibly have Hywyn for their titular saint (Benedictines). St. Melanius of Rennes, Bishop ---------------------------------------------- Died c. 530. With Saint Remi, Melanius shares the title of Apostle of France. Melanius, a Breton by birth, was bishop of Rennes during the critical time when the Franks were overrunning Gaul. He is said to have almost completely succeeded in abolishing idolatry from his diocese and was highly revered by King Clovis (Benedictines, Encyclopaedia). In art, Saint Melanius is depicted with a ship carrying his corpse sailing upstream. Sometimes the bishop stands on a devil or he is shown driving out the devil (Roeder). St. Merinus the Hermit --------------------------- 6th century. A disciple of Dunawd of Bangor (Ireland), Merinus is the titular saint of churches in Wales and Brittany (Benedictines). St. Peter of Canterbury, Abbot ------------------------------------------- Died c. 606-608; feast at Saint Augustine's in Canterbury is kept on December 30. Saint Peter was a monk at Saint Andrew's Monastery in Rome until, in 596, he was sent by Pope Saint Gregory the Great to England with the first group of missionaries under Saint Augustine of Canterbury. In 602, Peter became the first abbot of SS. Peter and Paul (afterwards Saint Augustine's) at Canterbury. Saint Peter was probably the monk delegated by Augustine to take news to the pope of the first Anglo-Saxon conversions. He then brought back Saint Gregory's replies to Augustine's questions. Later Peter was dispatched on a mission to Gaul, but was drowned in the English Channel at Ambleteuse (Amfleet) near Boulogne. According to the Venerable Bede, the local inhabitants buried him in an "unworthy place" but, as the result of a prodigy of mysterious light appearing over his grave at night, translated his relics to a church in Boulogne with suitable honour (Benedictines, Delaney, Farmer). Lives kindly supplied by: For All the Saints: http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/ss-index.htm An Alphabetical Index of the Saints of the West http://www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk/saintsa.htm These Lives are archived at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/