English Speaking Saints Jan 7

English Speaking Saints Jan 7
St. Brannock.  A Welsh monk who migrated to Devon, England. He founded a monastery at Braunton, and was famed for his holiness and zeal. 
St. Cronan Beg, 7th century. A bishop of Aendrum, County Down, Ireland. He is mentioned in connection with the controversy of 640. 
St. Kentigerna, 734 A.D. Widowed hermitess, mother of St. Coellan and daughter of Kelly. The prince of Leinster, Ireland. When her husband died she went to Inchebroida Island in Loch Lomond, Scotland. A church there is dedicated to her memory. 
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