St. Comgan, of Scotland, Abbot of Lochalsh,
Brother of Saint Kentigerna, Hermitess of Loch Lomond
(Cowan)
13 October
8th century. Saint Comgan, son of King Ceallach (Kelly) of Leinster,
was the brother of Saint Kentigern (f.d. January 7) and
uncle to Saint Fillan (f.d. January 19). Farmer reports that he
succeeded his father as chief. After a defeat in battle, Comgan,
Kentigerna, her three sons, and seven others were exiled by a coalition
of neighbouring tribes. They settled in western Ross, where Comgan
founded a monastery at Lochalsh, opposite Skye. He embraced the
monastic life in Scotland, where his feast is kept in the diocese of
Aberdeen. Comgan's relics were buried by Fillan at Iona and a church
built over them. Many churches in the area mark their movements:
Kilchoan and Kilcongen (Church of Comgan), Killelan (Church of Fillan),
and others at Islay (Loch Melfort), Ardnamurchan, Knoydart, Sye, North
Uist, Kiltearn, and Turriff
(Attwater2,
Benedictines,
Coulson,
D'Arcy,
Farmer,
Simpson,
Skene).
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