Saint Aiden

Also known as

• Edan
• Maedoc
• Modoc

Memorial

• 31 January

Profile

Known for his piety even as a small child. Studied scripture at the monastery of Saint David in Wales. Reported to have saved the house on several occasions by miraculously turning back Saxon invasions He returned to Ireland and built a monastery at Ferns, Wexford. Bishop. Miracle worker. Once saved a hunted stag by making it invisible to the hounds,/a> chasing it.

Born

• Connaught, Ireland
• miraculous portents were reported at his birth

Died

• 626 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• with a stag

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aiden”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 August 2012. Web. 18 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-aiden/>