Saint Berthanc of Kirkwall

Also known as

• Berchan of Kirkwall
• Fer-da-Liethe

Memorial

• 6 April

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Monk at Iona Abbey in Scotland. Bishop of Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands of Scotland.

Died

• c.840 in Ireland
• buried at Inishmore in Galway Bay, Ireland

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Berthanc of Kirkwall”. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 April 2010. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-berthanc-of-kirkwall/>