Saint Eskil

Also known as

• Aeschilus
• Eskill

Memorial

• 12 June

Profile

Missionary, working in Sweden with Saint Ansgar. Bishop. He converted so many pagan Swedes to Christianity that he was condemned to death by King Swerker the Bloody. Martyr.

Born

• in England

Died

• Good Friday 1131

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Eskil“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 June 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>