Celtic and Old English Saints 22 April =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Arwald and St. Arwald * St. Rufus of Glendalough =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
St. Arwald and St. Arwald, Martyrs ------------------------------------------------------------- Died 686. These martyrs are called by the name of their father, a prince of the Isle of Wight, whose proper names were lost. They were put to death by soldiers of King Ceadwalla (f.d. April 20), then a pagan, on the day after their baptism (Benedictines). St. Rufus (Rufin) of Glendalough, Hermit ------------------------------------------------------------- Date unknown (c. 202?). Saint Rufus was a hermit at Glendalough, where he was buried. Some writers call him a bishop (Benedictines, Husenbeth). Sources: ======== Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate. (1947). The Book of Saints. NY: Macmillan. Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate. (1966). The Book of Saints. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Husenbeth, Rev. F. C., DD, VG (ed.). (1928). Butler's Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. London: Virtue & Co. For All the Saints: http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/ss-index.htm These Lives are archived at: 1. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints 2. The website of Kathleen Hanrahan http://www.hanrahan.org/CelticSaints/200810.html 3. Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/celt-saints@yahoogroups.com/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
