Celtic and Old English Saints july 6

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Celtic and Old English Saints 6 July

* St. Palladius of Ireland and Scotland
* St. Modwenna of Polesworth
* St. Moninna of Killeavy
* St. Moninne of Sliabh Cuillin
* St. Noyala of Brittany (see #2)
* St. Sexburga of Ely

St. Palladius of Ireland, Bishop
Died 432. The story of Palladius, recorded by Saint Prosper of
Aquitaine, is caught up with that of Pope Saint Celestine I. Palladius,
a deacon at Rome, was responsible for sending Saint Germanus of Auxerre
to Britain in 429 to combat Pelagianism and in 431 was himself
consecrated bishop of the Irish. He landed near Wicklow and worked in
Leinster, where he encountered much opposition, but made some converts
and built three churches. Acknowledging his lack of success in Ireland,
he migrated to Scotland to preach to the Picts, and died soon after he
arrived at Fordun, near Aberdeen (Attwater, Benedictines, Delaney).