Saints

St Cuthbert Monk and bishop. Cuthbert was an Anglo-Saxon saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. Tradition says he was born in 634, in Dunbar. Bede writes that as a young shepherd boy by Leader Water, he saw a vision of angels taking the soul of St Aidan to heaven. Later he became a monk under St Eata at Melrose. For years he undertook long journeys on horseback and on foo... Read More

Foster father of Jesus and husband of Our Lady. All that is known of St Joseph for certain is in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. He came from the house of David but his trade as a carpenter shows that he was not rich. He was betrothed to Mary and worried when he learnt that she was pregnant, until an angel came to him in a dream. After the birth of Jesus, Joseph was warned in other dreams first... Read More

Abbot. Born in Co Meath, during the 6th century, Enda was a boy soldier who became a monk. He was trained at St Ninian's monastery in Whithorn, Galloway and then returned to Drogheda and founded monastic communities in the Boyne valley, before settling in Inishmore in the Aran Islands. This became his base. Many monks came to to join him there including Ciaran of Clonmacnoise. Enda was the earli... Read More