Celtic Heritage Saints

Celtic Heritage Saints
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Author: Format: ISBN: H x W x D: Manufacturer: Date: Pages:	Marian Keaney Soft Cover 1-85390-329-9 9 1/2" (24.1 cm) x 6 3/4" (17.1 cm) x 0 1/4" (0.63 cm) Veritas Press 1999 74

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Marian Keaney

In celebration of the golden age of monasticism, this unique book explores the lives of various Celtic saints from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany and Gaul. The mysticism, art and learning associated with this period and these saints are superbly recalled here. Keaney gives a brief account of the lives of various Celtic saints including: St. Patrick, St. Brendan, St. Kilian, St. Bridget, St. Malachy, St. Margaret and nine more. Jeanette Dunne's superb illustrations provide the perfect complement to the author's text. Celtic Heritage Saints is written in a very accessible style and gives concise, anecdotal and factual accounts of the lives of these popular saints.

St. Brendan

Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 05/16
Tridentine Calendar - 05/16
Roman Rite Calendar - 05/16

Patron Of: Boatmen, Ireland, Mariners, Navigators, Sailors, Seafarers, Travelers, Yachtsmen

Brother of Saint Briga. Monk. Educated by Saint Ita of Killeedy and Saint Erc of Kerry. Friend of Saint Columba and Saint Brendan of Birr, Saint Brigid, and Saint Enda of Arran. Ordained in 512. Built monastic cells at Ardfert, Shankeel, Aleth, Plouaret, Inchquin Island, and Annaghdown. Founded Clonfert monastery and monastic school c.559. Legend says that this community had at least three thousand monks, and that their rule was dictated to Brendan by an angel.

Brendan and his brothers figure in Brendan's Voyage, a tale of monks travelingtravelling the high seas of the Atlantic, evangelizing to the islands, possibly reaching the Americas in the 6th century. At one point they stop on a small island, celebrate Easter Mass, light a fire - and then learn the island is an enormous whale!

Born - 460 at Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Died - c.577 at Annaghdown (Enach Duin); buried at Clonfert, Ireland

All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

St. Patrick

Patron Of: Against Snakes, Archdiocese of Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts, Archdiocese of Cape Town, South Africa, Archdiocese of New York, Australia, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Diocese of Portland, Maine, Diocese of Sacramento, California, Engineers, Fear of Snakes, Ireland, New Zealand, Ophidiophobics, Snake Bite, Toothache, Vermont

Also known as
    Apostle of Ireland; Maewyn Succat; Patricius; Patrizio
Memorial
    17 March
Profile
    Kidnapped from the British mainland around age 16, and shipped to Ireland as a slave. Sent to the mountains as a shepherd, he spent his time in prayer. After six years of this life, he received had a dream in which he was commanded to return to Britain; seeing it as a sign, he escaped. He studied in several monasteries in Europe. Priest. Bishop. Sent by Pope Saint Celestine to evangelize England, then Ireland, during which his chariot driver was Saint Odran, and Saint Jarlath was one of his spiritual students. In 33 years he effectively converted the Ireland. In the Middle Ages Ireland became known as the Land of Saints, and during the Dark Ages its monasteries were the great repositories of learning in Europe, all a consequence of Patrick's ministry.
Born
    387-390 at Scotland as Maewyn Succat
Died
    461-464 at Saul, County Down, Ireland
Canonized
    Pre-Congregation
Name Meaning
    warlike (Succat - pagan birth name);
    noble (Patricius - baptismal name)
Patronage
    archdiocese of Adelaide, Australia against ophidiophobia; against snakes; archdiocese of Armagh, Ireland; diocese of Auckland, New Zealand; diocese of Ballarat, Australia; archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts; diocese of Burlington, Vermont; archdiocese of Cape Town, South Africa; diocese of Dromore, Ireland; engineers; diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania; excluded people; fear of snakes; diocese of Fort Worth, Texas; diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Ireland; diocese of Kilmore, Ireland; Loiza, Puerto Rico; archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia; diocese of Mymensingh, Bangladesh; archdiocese of New York; Nigeria; diocese of Norwich, Connecticut; ophidiophobics; diocese of Poona, India; diocese of Port Elizabeth, South Africa; diocese of Portland, Maine; diocese of Sacramento, California; snake bites

All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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