Donnán of Eigg

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Saint Donnán, also known as Donnán of Eigg, was a celtic priest, likely from Ireland, who attempted to introduce Christianity to the Picts of north-western Scotland during the Dark Ages. Donnán is the patron saint of Eigg,[1] an island in the Inner Hebrides. He was martyred on April 17, 617 at Eigg by a pagan Pictish Queen who burnt him and 150 others.[2] He is thought to be buried at Kildonan, Isle of Arran.

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[edit] Place-names and sites bearing his name

Kildonan, Isle of Arran
Kildonnan, Eigg[2]
Kildonnan, Kilpheder Parish, South Uist[2]
Kildonnan, Little Loch Broom, Wester Ross[2]
Seipeil Dhonnáin, Kishorn[2]
Kildonnen, Lynedate, Loch Snizort, Skye[2]
Eilean Donnáin, Loch Alsh[2]
St. Donnan's Chapel, Little Bernera, Lewis[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Cogan, Anthony, The diocese of Meath, Vol.1., p.xliii.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Smyth, Alfred P., Warlords And Holy Men, Scotland AD 80-1000., p.108.

[edit] References

Works cited

Cogan, Anthony. (1862). The Diocese Of Meath, Volume 1. Dublin
Smyth, Alfred P. (1984). Warlords And Holy Men, Scotland AD 80-1000. Edward Arnold. ISBN 0-7131-6305-4

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