Celtic and Old English Saints 18 May =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Conval of Strathclyde * St. Feredarius of Iona * St. Elgiva of Shaftesbury * St. Merililaun =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
St. Conval of Strathclyde --------------------------------------------------------- 6th century. Despite the efforts of Protestant reformers to eradicate the memory of Conval, archdeacon to Saint Kentigern (f.d.January 14), there is a church still in Glasgow dedicated to his memory. He was active throughout the region of Strathclyde, south of Glasgow, especially in Renfrewshire (Montague). St. Feredarius of Iona, Abbot --------------------------------------------------------- Born in Ireland; died after 863. Saint Feredarius was chosen abbot of Iona in 863. During his abbacy the relics of Saint Columba (f.d. June 9) were removed to Ireland for fear of the invading Danes (Benedictines). St. Elgiva of Shaftesbury, Queen & Widow (Aelgifu, Algyva, Aelgytha) --------------------------------------------------------- Died 971. As the mother of Kings Edwy and Saint Edgar the Peaceful (f.d. July 8) and wife of King Edmund of Wessex (921-46), Saint Elgiva was "the adviser and ennobler of the whole kingdom." On the death of her husband, Elgiva retired to the convent of Shaftesbury, where she ended her days and which is the centre of her cultus. William of Malmesbury praised her for her generosity, wise counsel, and the gift of prophecy. He also wrote about the miracles wrought at her intercession (Benedictines, Farmer, Gill). St. Merililaun (Merolilaun, Merolitain) Martyr --------------------------------------------------------- 8th century. Merililaun was a British/Scottish pilgrim who met his death violently near Rheims on the shore of the river Aisne while he was on pilgrimage to Rome. His relics were secretly buried, and later discovered through a heavenly revelation. His relics were in the Saint-Symphorian church in Rheims. (Petits Bollandiste", 7th edition, Bar-le-Duc,1876) Sources: ======== Benedictine Monks of Saint Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate. (1947). The Book of Saints. NY: Macmillan. Farmer, D. H. (1997). The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Gill, F. C. (1958). The Glorious Company: Lives of Great Christians for Daily Devotion, vol. I. London: Epworth Press. 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 ***************************************** ------------------------------------ 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/
