ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS April 6
ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS April 6
St. Berthane, 840 A.D. A bishop of Scotland, called Ferda-Leithe , "the Man of Two Countries." Berthane was a monk of lona and the bishop of Kirkwall in the Orkneys, Scotland. He died in Ireland and was buried at Irishmore in Gaiway Bay, hence his name. He is sometimes listed as Berchan.
St. Brychan, King of Wales, undocumented but popular saint. Brychan is credited with having twentyfour children, all saints.
St. Ulehad. Patron saint of Liechulched church on Anglesey Island, Wales, also called Uchal in some lists.
St. Elstan, 981 A.D. Bishop of Winchester, England, Benedictine, celebrated as a model of blind obedience. Elstan succeeded St. Ethelwold as bishop and as abbot.
St. Berthane, 840 A.D. A bishop of Scotland, called Ferda-Leithe , "the Man of Two Countries." Berthane was a monk of lona and the bishop of Kirkwall in the Orkneys, Scotland. He died in Ireland and was buried at Irishmore in Gaiway Bay, hence his name. He is sometimes listed as Berchan.
St. Brychan, King of Wales, undocumented but popular saint. Brychan is credited with having twentyfour children, all saints.
St. Ulehad. Patron saint of Liechulched church on Anglesey Island, Wales, also called Uchal in some lists.
St. Elstan, 981 A.D. Bishop of Winchester, England, Benedictine, celebrated as a model of blind obedience. Elstan succeeded St. Ethelwold as bishop and as abbot.
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