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Saint Blane, the Glossary

Saint Blane (Old Irish Bláán, died 590) was a bishop and confessor in Scotland, born on the Isle of Bute, date unknown; died 590.^[1]

26 relations: Aberdeen Breviary, Bishop, Bollandist, Cathan, Catholic Church, Comgall, Confessor, Dumfries, Dunagoil, Dunblane, Dunblane Cathedral, Eastern Orthodox Church, Greenock, Inverclyde, Ireland, Isle of Bute, Kenneth, Kingarth, Monk, Old Irish, Picts, Saint, Scotland, Scottish Episcopal Church, Strath, Strathblane.
590 deaths
6th-century Scottish bishops
History of Argyll and Bute
History of Stirling (council area)
People from the Isle of Bute

Aberdeen Breviary

The Aberdeen Breviary (Breviarium Aberdonense) is a 16th-century Scottish Catholic breviary.

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Bishop

A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.

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The Bollandist Society (Societas Bollandistarum; Société des Bollandistes) is an association of scholars, philologists, and historians (originally all Jesuits, but now including non-Jesuits) who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity.

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Cathan

Saint Cathan, also known as Catan, Cattan, etc., was a 6th-century Irish monk revered as a saint in parts of the Scottish Hebrides. Saint Blane and Cathan are 6th-century Christian saints, 6th-century Scottish bishops, history of Argyll and Bute, Medieval Scottish saints and people from the Isle of Bute.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Comgall

Saint Comgall (c. 510–520 – 597/602), an early Irish saint, was the founder and abbot of the great Irish monastery at Bangor in Ireland.

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Confessor

In a number of Christian traditions, including Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism, a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions of penitents and pronounces absolution.

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Dumfries

Dumfries (Dumfries; from Dùn Phris) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border.

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Dunagoil

Dunagoil is a vitrified fort or dun on the Isle of Bute – an Iron Age hill fort whose ramparts have been melted by intense heat.

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Dunblane

Dunblane (Dùn Bhlàthain) is a town in the council area of Stirling in central Scotland, and inside the historic boundaries of the county of Perthshire.

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Dunblane Cathedral

Dunblane Cathedral is the larger of the two Church of Scotland parish churches serving Dunblane, near the city of Stirling, in central Scotland.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Greenock

Greenock (Greenock; Grianaig) is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Inverclyde

Inverclyde (Inerclyde, Inbhir Chluaidh,, "mouth of the Clyde") is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Isle of Bute

The Isle of Bute (Buit; Eilean Bhòid or An t-Eilean Bòdach), known as Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Kenneth

Kenneth is a given name of Gaelic origin.

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Kingarth

Kingarth (Cenn Garad; Ceann a' Gharaidh) is a historic village and parish on the Isle of Bute, off the coast of south-western Scotland.

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Monk

A monk (from μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery.

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Old Irish

Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic (Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; Sean-Ghaeilge; Seann-Ghàidhlig; Shenn Yernish or Shenn Ghaelg), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts.

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Picts

The Picts were a group of peoples in what is now Scotland north of the Firth of Forth, in the Early Middle Ages.

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Saint

In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scottish Episcopal Church

The Scottish Episcopal Church (Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland.

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Strath

A strath is a large valley, typically a river valley that is wide and shallow (as opposed to a glen, which is typically narrower and deep).

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Strathblane

Strathblane (Strath Bhlàthain) is a village and parish in the registration county of Stirling, situated in the southwestern part of the Stirling council area, in central Scotland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Blane

Also known as Bláán, Saint Blaan of Ireland, Saint Bláán, St Blane.