December 7, 521
St. Columcille, Irish Bard and Monk Honored in All the Celtic Lands, Born
Saint Columba (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today …
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March 10, 560
St Kessog Day, the Patron Saint of Scotland
On March 10 560, St Kessog, the Irish missionary in the Lennox area and southern Perthshire, was killed. Kessog was Scotland’s patron saint …
May 12, 563
Community in Iona Founded in Scotland by Saint Colmcille and Followers From Ireland
Saint Columba or Saint Colm Cille sometimes known as St. Columba of Iona (7 December 521 - 9 June 597), (Old Irish Columb Cille, meaning Dove of …
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