| Fergus | |
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An effigy of Saint Fergus, carved in the 15th Century. |
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| Bishop | |
| Born | unknown Ireland |
| Died | c. 730 Scotland |
| Honored in | Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion |
| Feast | 8 September (Ireland) 18 November (Scotland) |
Saint Fergus (also Fergustian) (died c. 730 AD) was an Irish bishop who went to Scotland as a missionary.
He settled near Strageath and founded three churches in Strogeth and two in Caithness. He may have also founded churches in Inverugie, Banff, and Dyce. He may have been the Fergustus Pictus who went to Rome in 721, but such a contention relies solely on the similarity of a common name. He died in 730 and was buried at Glamis, Angus, where the recently restored St Fergus' Well can be visited. The village church at Eassie is dedicated to Saint Fergus; the noted Pictish Eassie Stone has been moved to that church.[1]
During the time of James IV, the Abbot of Scone removed his head to Scone church and build an expensive shrine for it. Aberdeen was able to obtain an arm of the saint.
Saint Fergus is the patron saint of Glamis[2] and Wick.
The Martyrology of Tallaght mentions his festival on 8 September but in Scotland it was previously on 27 November.