Celtic and Old English Saints 18 June =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Theneva of Glasgow * St. Edburga and St. Edith of Aylesbury * St. Goneri of Brittany * St. Minnborinus of Cologne =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
St. Theneva of Glasgow, Mother of St. Kentigern Mungo -------------------------------------------- (also known as Dwynwen, Thaney, Thenaw, Thenog, Thenova) 7th century. Saint Theneva was a British princess. When it was discovered that she had conceived out of wedlock, she was thrown from a cliff. Unharmed at the bottom, she was then set adrift in a boat on the Firth of Forth. It was expected that she would die at sea, but God protected her and kept her alive. She landed at Culross, where she was sheltered by Saint Serf and gave birth to Saint Kentigern, named Mungo ("darling") by his foster-father, Serf. She gave her name to Saint Enoch's Square and Railway Station in Glasgow, Scotland, where she is co- patron together with her son (Benedictines, Delaney). Sts. Edburga and Edith of Aylesbury, Virgins ------------------------------------------------------------ (also known as Edburga and Edith of Bicester) Died c. 650. The sisters Edburga and Edith were Anglo-Saxon princesses, supposedly of King Penda of Mercia, who became nuns at Aylesbury (Benedictines). St. Goneri of Brittany ---------------------------- 6th century. Saint Goneri was exiled from Britain to Brittany, where he was a hermit near Treguier (Benedictines). St. Minnborinus of Cologne, Abbot ----------------------------------------------- Died 986. Saint Minborinus led a group of Irish missionaries to Cologne, Germany, where the archbishop installed them in Saint Martin's Abbey with Minborinus as abbot, where he governed from 974 to 986. Because the monastery was declared an Irish Abbey, many churches in the area were dedicated to Irish saints, including five churches and seven chapels under the patronage of Saint Brigid (Benedictines, Montague). ******************************** Suppliers of Icons of Celtic Saints for the church or the prayer corner at home. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints/message/2875 ********************************* Lives kindly supplied by: 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 *****************************************