Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Saint Cathan, Bishop and Confessor

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May 17

He flourished in the sixth or seventh century. His relics in the isle of Bute were so famous in Scotland, that the island was often called Kil-cathan. Note that Kil signifies a church or oratory, as Kilbraid, Kilpatrick, etc.

MLA Citation

• Father Alban Butler. “Saint Cathan, Bishop and Confessor”. Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, 1866. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 May 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/butlers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-cathan-bishop-and-confessor/>