Category: Saint Columba

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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St Andrews Cathedral: Skeletons, Skulls and Sarcophagi

Nov 30, 2020 | Cardinal David Beaton, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Ghost and Spirits, Graveyards, Cemeteries and Kirkyards, John Knox, Picts, Protestant Reformation, Robert the Bruce, Saint Andrew, Saint Columba, Scottish Wars of Independence, St Andrews

St Andrews Cathedral is the place to visit if you are interested in stones, bones, and ghostly...

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Saint Columba: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

Jun 9, 2020 | Brechbennach (Relics of Saint Columba), Druids, Iona, Picts, Saint Columba

The Feast Day of Saint Columba is celebrated on the 9th of June, on the anniversary of his death....

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