Celtic and Old English Saints 1 January
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Beoc of Lough Derg * St. Connat of Kildare * St. Cuan * St. Elvan and St. Mydwyn * St. Fanchea of Rossory * St. Maelrhys =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= St. Beoc, Abbot ------------------------ (also known as Beanus, Dabeoc, Mobeoc) 5th or 6th century. Beoc was a Cambro-Briton, who crossed over from Wales to Ireland and founded a monastery on an island in Lough Derg, Donegal (Benedictines). St. Connat (Comnatan) Virgin ----------------------------------------- Died c. 590. Abbess of Saint Brigid's convent in Kildare (Benedictines). St. Cuan (Mochua, Moncan), Abbot ------------------------------------------ 6th century. An Irish abbot, who founded many churches and monasteries and who lived to be nearly 100 (Benedictines). St. Elvan and St. Mydwyn ------------------------------------ 2nd century. Elvan and Mydwyn are said to have been the Britons sent by King Saint Lucius to Pope Saint Eleutherius to petition for missionaries to be sent to Britain (Benedictines). St. Fanchea (Fainche, Garbh) of Rossory, Virgin --------------------------------------- Died c. 585. Many amazing stories are related about her in the life of Saint Enda, who is generally regarded as the father of Irish monasticism. Fanchea was an early nun with special capabilities as a directress of souls. She is said to be a native of Clogher, who persuaded her brother, Saint Enda, to become a monk. She was the abbess-founder of a convent at Rossory, Fermanagh, and was buried at Killane (Benedictines, Encyclopaedia, Montague). St. Maelrhys ------------------ 6th century. Maelrhys, a saint from the isle of Bardsey, was probably born in Brittany. He is venerated in northern Wales (Benedictines). Sources: ======== Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate. (1947). The Book of Saints. NY: Macmillan. Encyclopaedia of Catholic Saints, October. (1966). Philadelphia: Chilton Books. 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 ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
