Celtic and Old English Saints 11 December =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Cian of Wales * St. Emers * St. Peris of Wales =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
St. Cian of Wales ------------------------------------------------------ 6th century. The Welsh Saint Cian ended his life as a hermit in Carnarvonshire. He is sometimes described as a servant of Saint Peris (f.d. today) (Benedictines). Troparion of St Cian Tone 8 Renouncing thy warlike ways, O Father Cian,/ thou didst engage in thy fiercest fight with the powers of darkness./ Pray, we beseech thee, that our spiritual struggles may be pleasing to Christ our God,/ that He will show us great mercy. St. Emers (The Two) ------------------------------------------------------- 5th century. The two Emers were sisters of Saint Guasacht of Granard (f.d. January 24) and daughters of Miluic who was SaintPatrick's former master. Patrick himself gave the Emers the veil of consecrated virgins and installed them in the first convent in Ireland (D'Arcy, Montague). St. Peris of Wales ------------------------------------------------------ Dates unknown. No record of the life of Saint Peris exists except the dedication of Llanberis in northern Wales (Benedictines). Sources: ======== Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate. (1947). The Book of Saints. NY: Macmillan. D'Arcy, M. R. (1974). The Saints of Ireland. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Irish American Cultural Institute. [This is probably the most useful book to choose to own on the Irish saints. The author provides a great deal of historical context in which to place the lives of the saints.] Montague, H. P. (1981). The Saints and Martyrs of Ireland. Guildford: Billing & Sons. 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 ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
