by Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall | 19th April, 2024 | Orthodox Western Saints
Orthodox Saints of the Pre-Schism See of Rome 19th April (NS) — 6th April (OS) 2024 6th April (OS) BERTHANC (BERCHAN) of KIRKWALL, According to all of the Scottish Kalendars, St. Berthanc spent his youth at Iona, and was later a Bishop of Kirkwall in the Orkneys. It...
by Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall | 18th April, 2024 | Orthodox Western Saints
Orthodox Saints of the Pre-Schism See of Rome 18th April (NS) — 5th April (OS) 2024 5th April (OS) BECAN (BEGAN) of KILL-BEGGAN, one of the ‘Twelve Apostles of Ireland’ (6th January). St. Becan is credited with founding a monastery at Kill-Beggan in Co. Westmeath,...
by Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall | 17th April, 2024 | Orthodox Western Saints
Orthodox Saints of the Pre-Schism See of Rome 17th April (NS) — 4th April (OS) 2024 4th April (OS) GUIER, (Date Unknown), A church, not far from Padstow in Cornwall was named for this hermit priest, of whose life we have no further details. Some sources posit that...
by Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall | 16th April, 2024 | Orthodox Western Saints
Orthodox Saints of the Pre-Schism See of Rome 16th April (NS) — 3rd April (OS) 2024 3rd April (OS) ATTALA (ATTALUS) of TAORMINA, an abbot of a monastery in Taormina in Sicily. St. Attala reposed circa 800. BURGUNDOFARA (FARA), (in France 7th December), Sister of SS....
by Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall | 15th April, 2024 | Orthodox Western Saints
Orthodox Saints of the Pre-Schism See of Rome 15th April (NS) — 2nd April (OS) 2024 2nd April (OS) ABUNDIUS of COMO, originally from Thessalonica, Greece, St. Abundius was the fourth Bishop of Como (northern Italy). His reputation as a theologian led Pope St. Leo the...
by Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall | 14th April, 2024 | Orthodox Western Saints
Orthodox Saints of the Pre-Schism See of Rome 14th April (NS) — 1st April (OS) 2024 1st April (OS) CAIDOC and FRICOR (ADRIAN), two seventh century Irish missionaries, who went to north-eastern Gaul where they evangelised the Morini tribesmen. SS. Caidoc and Fricor’s...