Saint Ronan

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There are at least twelve saints called Saint Ronan. These include:

• A Celtic saint of Irish origin, Saint Ronan or Rumon preached throughout his part of the Celtic Christian world, particularly in Devon/Cornwall and Brittany.
• A saint referred to in Sir Walter Scott's book, St. Ronan's Well. Scott's St. Ronan was a Celtic monk, Bishop of Kilmaronen, who advocated the use of the Roman rather than Celtic manner for the calculation of the date of Easter. This St. Ronan is the patron saint of the Scottish town of Innerleithen. (See Synod of Whitby).

[edit] References

• D. H. Farmer (1978). The Oxford Dictionary of Saints.