ENGLISH SAINTS JAN 10

ENGLISH SAINTS JAN 10 St. Thomian, 660 A.D. Sometimes called Toiman, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, from about 623. He is remembered for a letter he composed to the Holy See concerning the paschal controversy, namely the date to be followed for the celebrating of Easter. St. Dermot, 6th century. Abbot and founder of a monastery on Innis-Closran Island, Ireland. He is listed also as Diarmis or Diarmaid. Dermot trained St. Kiernan of Clonrnacnois. St. Saethryth, 660 A.D. Benedictine abbess, also called Sethrida. The stepdaughter of a local king of the Angles, she entered a convent in Gaul (modem France) eventually becoming abbess. Sts. Ethelburga and Ethelfreda were half-sisters. Jan 10