Category: Martyrs

The Slaying of Saint Magnus

Apr 16, 2022 | Betrayals and Treachery, Dark History, Martyrs, Orkney, Protestant Reformation, Saint Magnus, Vikings

Saint Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, is an old building. By 1919, it was in urgent need of...

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Was Saint Kessog Scotland’s Original Patron Saint?

Mar 10, 2021 | Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Martyrs, Picts, Saint Andrew, Saint Columba

Saint Kessog (also known as MacKessog) is an obscure figure in Scottish history who appears out of...

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Saint Valentine and the Glasgow Connection

Feb 12, 2021 | Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Glasgow, Martyrs, St Valentine's day

February the 14th is a time when all the romantics’ hearts are set aflutter at the prospect...

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William Wallace: The Man, the Myth, The Legend

Aug 22, 2020 | Betrayals and Treachery, Dark History, Declaration of Arbroath, Edward I King of England, Ghost and Spirits, Haunted, Martyrs, Scottish Wars of Independence, Stirling, Stirling Bridge, William Wallace

William Wallace was executed on the 23rd of August 1305. He began life as an obscure laird or...

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Cardinal Beaton: The Haunted Realm and Restless Spirits of Two Lovers Seperated in Death

May 29, 2020 | Arbroath, Betrayals and Treachery, Dark History, Ghost and Spirits, Haunted, Martyrs, Protestant Reformation, St Andrews

Cardinal Beaton was a man of many properties, during his lifetime. Many of these were acquired due...

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The Deaths of George Wishart and Cardinal Beaton: Martyrdom and Murder at St Andrews Castle

Mar 1, 2020 | Cardinal David Beaton, Dark History, Ghost and Spirits, Haunted, Haunted Castle, John Knox, Martyrs, Protestant Reformation, St Andrews

The martyrdom of George Wishart at St Andrews on the 1st of March 1546 has a déjà vu feel to it....

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