Celtic and Old English Saints 14 August =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Fachanan of Rosscarbery * St. Werenfrid of Arnheim =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
St. Fachanan, Bishop of Rosscarbery ------------------------------------------------------------- Died late 6th century. Saint Fachanan may have been the first bishop of Ross, Ireland, of which he is the patron. He founded the monastic school of Roscarbery (or Ross-Altair in County Cork) and appointed Saint Brendan (f.d. May 16) as one of its teachers (Benedictines, Montague). St. Werenfrid of Arnheim ------------------------------------------------------------- Died at Arnheim, c. 780. Werenfrid was an English missionary who accompanied Saint Willibrord (f.d. November 7) to Frisia (Benedictines, Encyclopaedia). In art, Saint Werenfrid is vested holding a ship with a coffin in it. Sometimes his body is placed in a ship, with or without sails (Roeder). He is venerated at Arnheim, and is the patron of vegetable gardeners. Werenfrid is invoked against gout of stiff joints (Roeder). Sources: ======== Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate. (1947). The Book of Saints. NY: Macmillan. Montague, H. P. (1981). The Saints and Martyrs of Ireland. Guildford: Billing & Sons. Roeder, H. (1956). Saints and Their Attributes, Chicago: Henry Regnery. For All the Saints: http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/ss-index.htm These Lives are archived at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints *****************************************
