26 October ~ St. Eata of Hexham
Saint Eata was one of twelve English youths whom Saint Aidan educated at Lindisfarne, where Eata became a monk and a priest. At the request of Saint Colman, he ...
Tag: Western Orthodox Saints
24 October ~ Maglorious of Sark
Saint Maglorious was an abbot of Irish origin. He was educated at Llantwit Major by Illtud. With Samson he went to Brittany and founded monasteries under the pr...
12 October ~ St. Wilfrid of York
Born in Northumberland in 634, Saint Wilfrid was educated at Lindesfarne and then spent some time in Lyons and Rome. Returning to England, he was elected abbot ...
11 October ~ St. Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking
She lived in the 7th century. Benedictine abbess of a dual Monastery, daughter of the king of the East Angles and sister of Sts. Eronwald Bishop of London, Ethe...
11 October ~ St. Kenneth, Abbot of Aghaboe and the Outer Hebrides
According to a legend he was born in 525 in Glengiven, County Derry, northern Ireland. His father was a distinguished royal bard, and his mother’s name was Ma...
17 June ~ St. Etheldreda
Abbess of Ely (679) Queen of Northumbria; born (probably) about 630; died at Ely, 23 June, 679. While still very young she was given in marriage by her father, ...
17 June ~ St. Botolph
Abbot of Icanho (in East Anglia) (680) ‘Saint Botolph was born in Britain about the year 610 and in his youth became a monk in Gaul. The sisters of Ethelm...
17 Sunday ~ St. Alban
First Martyr of Britain in Verulamium (c. 209) He was a soldier in the Roman army and, according to the venerable Bede, was brought to faith in Christ by a fugi...
3 June ~ St. Kevin of Glendalough
Abbot of Glendalough St. Kevin was birthed without labor pains to a noble Leinster familiy, as a sign that he was the fulfillment of the prophecy of St. Patrick...