Saints

Abbot and writer. Aelred was the son of a priest, born in Hexham in 1110. After being educated at Durham he joined the household of David I, king of Scotland as a steward. In 1134 he joined the newly-founded abbey at Rievaulx. In spite of delicate health, he followed the austere Cistercian regime and became so respected in the community that he was sent to Rome as an envoy in 1142, over the dispu... Read More

Abbot. Born at Cappadocia in 423, Theodosius went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem as a young man, with dreams of becoming a hermit. For a time he lived in a monastery. Then he settled in the desert alone. But his teacher, an elderly monk called Longinus, noticed that he had other gifts and advised him to lead a more public life. In 479, near Bethlehem, Theodosius established what was to become the lar... Read More

St Mungo, (also know as St Kentigern) was a missionary in the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde, in the late sixth century, and the founder and patron saint of the city of Glasgow. Mungo's mother Teneu was a princess, the daughter of King Lleuddun, who ruled a territory around what is now Lothian in Scotland. She became pregnant after being raped by Owain mab Urien, according to the British Library... Read More