Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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ST/EW/185

Ciarán/Caranus

Gender
Male
Floruit (period)
Early medieval
Floruit date range
? - ?
Description
His feast day (Sancti Carani episcopi et confessoris qui apud Fetteresso et Premecht colitur, 'Saint Ciaran, bishop and confessor, who is venerated at Fetteresso and Premnay') is provided for in the Aberdeen Breviary. No further information is given.
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
Confessor Bishop 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
Gaelic From Dalriada, mainland Ireland, Mann 66 None
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
12 24 no St Ciarán, Bishop and Confessor Feast to be deferred to after the feast of the Epiphany, except in those churches dedicated to the saint.
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
no attributes given
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations