7 July ~ St. Willibald, Bishop of Eichstatt
Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, he was the brother of Sts. Winebald and Walburga and was related through his mother to the great St. Bonifac...
Tag: Western Orthodox Saints
23 June ~ St. Milburger
Milburga was abbess of Wenlock Abbey in Salop, Shropshire, England (between 722-730). She received the veil from St. Theodore of Canterbury. She was the daughte...
9 June ~ Our venerable and God-bearing Father Columba of Iona, Enlightener of Scotland
He was born to Fedhlimidh and Eithne of the Ui Neill clan in Gartan, near Lough Gartan, Donegal. On his father’s side he was great-great-grandson of Niall...
6 June ~ St. Petroc, Abbot of Padstow
Saint Petroc (English: Petrock, Welsh: Pedrog, Latin: Petrocus and French: Perreux) (died 564) is a 6th century Celtic Christian saint. He was born in Wales but...
20 March ~ St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne
Bishop of Lindisfarne, patron of Durham, born about 635; died 20 March, 687. His emblem is the head of St. Oswald, king and martyr, which he is represented as b...
14 March ~ Benedict the Righteous of Nursia
Many of you know that I spent several years in a Benedictine Monastery. These were very happy years of my life and I have very fond memories of my time there. T...
12 March ~ St. Paul Aurelian
Paul Aurelian (also known, in Breton as Paol Aorelian and, in Latin, as Paulinus Aurelianus) is a 6th century Welsh saint, who became one of the seven founder s...
23 February ~ St. Boisil
Abbot of Melrose Abbey, Scotland, d. 664. Almost all that is known of St. Boisil is learnt from Bede (Eccles. Hist., IV, xxvii, and Vita Cuthberti). He derived ...
31 January ~ St. Aed of Ferns
St. Aed of Ferns (‘Aedh-og or Mo-Aedh-og, Maedoc, Aedan, Aidan, or Mogue) was an early bishop of Ferns, in Ireland. He was born at Inisbrefny (an island i...
November 3 ~ Winefride of Treffynon
In Welsh her name is Gwenfrewi. She was the niece of the great Saint Beuno the Wonderworker and she lived with her parents higher up the valley from his cell an...