Saturday, December 20, 2014
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
FILLAN, ST- accounts of this saint are legendary + conjectural. irish origin. revered early as 8th or 9th c. an ancient monastery in perthshire dedicated to him, was later secularized. the lay abbot was its superior in the reign of william the lion, held high rank in the kingdom. the monastery was restored in the reign of robert bruce. blah blah the staff of crozier which became known as the coxgerach or quigrich, + in the possession of a family named gore or dear, its hereditary guardians. had it in 1425, now in scotland's possession.
FILLAN, ST- accounts of this saint are legendary + conjectural. irish origin. revered early as 8th or 9th c. an ancient monastery in perthshire dedicated to him, was later secularized. the lay abbot was its superior in the reign of william the lion, held high rank in the kingdom. the monastery was restored in the reign of robert bruce. blah blah the staff of crozier which became known as the coxgerach or quigrich, + in the possession of a family named gore or dear, its hereditary guardians. had it in 1425, now in scotland's possession.
