Saint Baldred of Strathclyde

Memorial

• 6 March

Profile

Bishop of Strathclyde, Scotland; successor to Saint Kentigern. Founded monasteries, convents, and churches. Due to the civil disruptions of the day, late in life Baldred retired from his see and lived out his last days as a prayerful hermit on the coast of the Frith of Forth.

Born

• c.543 in Ireland

Died

• c.607 at Aldhame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland of natural causes
• relics in various churches throughout Scotland

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Baldred of Strathclyde“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 March 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>