8 MARCH

Today commemorates three saints from the British Isles, one Irish, one Scottish, and one English (sort of).

"St. Senan was abbot and bishop of Iniscarthaig, an island in the Shannon. He made a pilgrimage to Rome, and on his return remained with his friend St. David of Wales." (The quotation is from the notice in the St. Andrew's Missal. This gives the Welsh a look-in for today also.)

In England, St. Felix, a native of Burgundy, is honored as the apostle of the East Angles, whose King Sigebert he converted to the faith.

And finally St. Duthac, "a Scot of noble birth, went to Ireland for improvment in learning and piety. On his return to Scotland, he was made bishop of Ross, and devoted himself with zeal to the care of his flock. He went to his heavenly reward in 1249, according to the Aberdeen breviary." I can find no significant story of his life on the web; the text given above is also from the St. Andrew's Missal. There are pictures of places associated with St. Duthac here.