Caintigern
Caintigern (died 734),[1] or Saint Kentigerna, was a daughter of Cellach Cualann, King of Leinster.[2] Her feast is listed in the Aberdeen Breviary for 7 January, and this is also her feast day in the Eastern Orthodox Church.[3]
Her husband is said to have been Feriacus regulus of Monchestre, who possibly is the same person as Feradach, grandson of Artúr of Dál Riata.[2]
Along with her brother St. Comgán and her son St. Fillan (Fáelán), the widowed Caintigern is said to have lived as a hermit, first in Strath Fillan, then in the Lennox, on the island of Inchcailloch on Loch Lomond.[2][1]
References
- "Saint Kentigerna", Gazetteer for Scotland
- "Caintigern (Kentigerna)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. October 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- January 20 / January 7. https://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/htc/orthodox-calendar/
Sources
- Alan Orr Anderson, Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286, volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. ISBN 1-871615-03-8
- Doherty, Charles (2004). "Cellach Cualann (d. 715)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50090. Retrieved 25 October 2007. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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