ENGLISH SAINTS JAN 06

ENGLISH SAINTS JAN 06 St. Peter of Canterbury, 607 A.D. A Benedictine abbot. Peter was originally a monk in the monastery of St. Andrew’s, Rome, and was chosen by Pope St. Gregory I the Great to embark with St. Augustine of Canterbury and other monks on the missionary enterprise to England in 596. Peter became the first abbot of the monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul at Canterbury in 602. He died by drowning at Ambleteu, near Boulogne while on a mission to France. St. Schotin, 6th century. He was also known as Scarthin, a hermit and disciple of St. David of Wales. Born in Ireland, he left the island to become a student of David. Returning home, he lived for many years as a hermit and is traditionally believed to have established a boy's school in Kilkenny. St. Diman, 658 A.D. Abbot-bishop of Connor, Ireland, also called Diman Dubh or “Diman the Black,” Dimas, or Dima. He was a monk under St. Columba. Diman was one of the bishops who received a letter from the Roman Church in 640, concerning the Easter controversy and the Pelagian heresy. St. Eigrad, 6th century. Founder of a church in Anglesey, Wales, the brother of St. Samson of York, trained by St. Illtyd. St. Hywyn, 516 A.D. Welsh founder and patron of churches in western England. He was a disciple of St. Cadfan, who founded monasteries in Wales. Hywyn founded Aberdaron in Gwynedd, Wales. He is sometimes called Ewen or Owen. St. Merinus, 6th century. Titular patron of churches in Wales and Brittany. He was a hermit of Bangor and a disciple of Abbot Dunawd. Bl. Andre Bessette.