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(Celtic, man's strength)

Confessor (died Glamis, c.730).He preached in the counties of Perth and Caithness, in Scotland, founding churches dedicated to Saint Patrick at Strageath, Blackford, and Dolpatrick in Perthshire; Wick and Halkirk, in Caithnessshire; and Lungley (now Saint Fergus), in Aberdeenshire. He finally settled at Glamis, Forfarshire, where he was buried. His head was later transferred to Scone Abbey. Feast, Ireland, September 8,; Scotland, November 18,.