Category: Scottish Saints

7) St Syth, priest or monk; dates unknown. 13) St Comgan, Irish monk; lived in the 8th century.

1) St Giles, missionary; lived sometime between the 6th and 8th centuries. He went from his native Greece to preach in France; Giles is the patron saint of beggars and blacksmiths, and of the towns of Elgin and Edinburgh. 15)

11) St Blane, bishop; lived in the 6th century. 18) St Inan, missionary; lived in the 9th century. 25) Saint Æbbe the Elder (c. 615 – 683) founded monasteries at Ebchester and St Abb’s Head near Coldingham in Scotland. 26) St