Celtic and Old English Saints 16 December =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Bean of Leinster * St. Bean of Banff =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
"To the saints honour must be paid as friends of Christ, as sons and heirs of God: in the words of John the theologian and evangelist, 'As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become sons of God' (John 1:12). 'So that they are no longer servants, but sons: and if sons, also heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ' (Gal 4:7, Rom. 8:17)..." ~ St. John of Damascus. St. Bean (Mo-Bioc) of Leinster, Bishop ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dates unknown. A bishop of Leinster, Ireland, either of Wexford in Lough Derg or Galway. He may have been a lakeside hermit (Attwater2, Benedictines, Farmer). St. Bean of Banff, Bishop ---------------------------------------------------------------- 10th-11th century bishop at Mortlach, Banff, Scotland, and Aberdeen, Scotland. Died 1012 ******************************** Suppliers of Icons of Celtic Saints for the church or the prayer corner at home. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints/message/2875 ********************************* Icons of Western Saints http://www.allmercifulsavior.com/icons/Western.html Calendar of Celtic and Old English Saints http://web.archive.org/web/20040810020519/www.orthodoxireland.com/saints/calendarofsaints Tiny Url: http://tinyurl.com/5kt36e For All the Saints: http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/ss-index.htm These Lives are archived at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
