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…
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