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Blane

Gender

None

Floruit (period)

6th century

Floruit date range

? - ?

Description

The Martyrology of Oengus, for 10 Aug., says: 'With a host, sound, of noble birth, well-coloured, [died] fair Blaan of Kingarth.' One manuscript adds, 'i.e., a bishop of Kingarth, and his principal seat was Dunblane; and he was from Kingarth, i.e., in Galloway.' The Martyrology of Tallaght has, '[Festival of] Blaan, bishop of Kingarth in Galloway.' The Aberdeen Breviary says of Blane, 'having his origin from the island of Bute, through his mother, Ertha, sister of the blessed bishop Cathanus' of noble Irish descent. The Breviary says the Blane was taught in Ireland by bishops Congall and Kenneth for seven years before he returned to Bute. See Anderson, Early Sources, 176-7.