St. Aed of Ferns ('Aedh-og
or Mo-Aedh-og, Maedoc, Aedan, Aidan, or
Mogue) was an early bishop of
Ferns, in
Ireland.
He was born at Inisbrefny (an island in
TempleportLake) then in the area known as Magh
Slécht, now the parish of Templeport,
CountyCavan,
about 550; he died at Ferns, 31 January 632...
Bishop
of
Lindisfarne. Born in
Ireland; died
651. Also
known as Aeda or Áedán (in old Irish).
Saint
Aidan is said to have been a disciple of Saint Senan (f.d. March 8) on
ScatteryIsland,
but nothing else is known with certainty of his early life before he became a
monk of
Iona...
He was a
soldier in the Roman army and, according to the venerable Bede, was
brought to faith in Christ by a fugitive priest to whom he gave shelter. The
saint exchanged clothes with the priest, allowing him to escape and ensuring
his own martyrdom. Some writers, including St Bede, place his martyrdom during
the reign of Diocletian (286-303)...
He is the
founder of the Church in southern
England,
which at that time was almost entirely pagan, though Christianity thrived in
the Celtic lands of
Ireland,
Wales and parts of
Scotland.
Augustine, a monk at the monastery of St Andrew in
Rome,
was chosen by Pope Gregory I to lead a mission to
England…
St Bede, or
the Venerable Bede, as he is often called, was born in
673 A.D. on the land of the
monastery of Saints Peter and Paul in Wearmouth. At the age of 7 he was
entrusted to the care of Benedict Biscop, the founder of the monastery, and then
to Ceolfrith who in 681 was appointed Abbot of the monastery’s new foundation in
Jarrow. Bede spent the rest of his life in the monastery. He was ordained
deacon at the age of 19 and priest at 30...
Abbot of
St. Augustine's, Canterbury, Abbot of
Wearmouth, Abbot of
Jarrow.Died:
12th January AD 689 at Wearmouth, Co Durham.
Biscop Baducing was born in Northumbria in
AD 628, of a noble English family. When quite a young man, he stood high in the
Royal favour and was rewarded for his services to King Oswiu by the gift of a
possession in land suitable to his rank...
Beuno
was born in Powys, supposedly at Berriew, the grandson of a prince of that
realm. After education and ordination in the monastery of
Bangor-on-Dee
in north-east
Wales,
he became an active missionary, Cadfan, King of Gwynedd, being his generous
benefactor…
Saints of the British Isles 
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