ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS MAY 15 St. Britwin,, St. Gerebrand

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS MAY 15 St. Britwin, 733 A.D. Benedictine abbot of Beverley, England, and friend of St. John of Beverley, who became the bishop of York. Britwin did much too foster monasticism and culture in England. St. Gerebrand, 7th century. Martyred Irish priest, companion of St. Dymphna. He was quite elderly when he went with St. Dymphna to Belgium, where they were slain by pagans. Gerebrand, sometimes called Gerebern, is patron of a Rhineland area.