Saints

Hermits. Baldred lived during the 6th century in Northumberland, as a hermit, first at Tyningham and then on the Bass Rock. According to legend, it was thanks to his prayers that a dangerous reef was removed between the rock and the mainland. All that is left of it is St Baldred's Rock. An ancient well is named after the saint. The saint's supposed relics were discovered with those of St Bilfri... Read More

Bishop and monk. Ciaran was born in West Cork in the 6th century. He came from an Ossory family. Ciaran went to Europe as a young man, where he was baptised and ordained. He returned to Ossory and settled at Saighir near Birr in Co Offaly, first as a hermit, then later as the abbot of a large monastery. He may have been consecrated bishop by St Patrick. There are many legends about St Ciaran. He ... Read More

Martyrs. Perpetua was a 22 year-old married Christian woman who lived in Carthage during the first century. She had given birth to a son, a few months before she was arrested for her faith, under the persecutions of Septimus Severus. A pregnant slave, Felicity, with her husband Revocatus and six other African Christian men were also arrested. The group were kept together in a house for several w... Read More