St. Machan

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Feastday: September 28

Scottish saint educated in Ireland. Machan was ordained as a bishop in Rome. Details of his labors are not available.

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william boyle
10 months ago
St Machan, being a local saint, is of intrinsic interest. According to tradition he was Scottish, educated in Ireland and was created a bishop while on a visit to Rome. His influence appears to have reached well beyond Campsie, to Lanarkshire, Perthshire and West Lothian. It is thought that he was buried under the altar of his ancient and long-ruined church in Campsie Glen.
In 1458, about nine hundred years after his death, he was still well enough remembered for Patrick Leche, Chancellor of St Mungo's Cathedral in Glasgow to erect an altar dedicated to him. It is situated on the north side of the nave, at the third pillar from the roodscreen. The Croy area would surely have known St Machan when his name was carried to places much further away.

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