Saint Fergus the Pict

Also known as

• Fergus Cruithneach
• Fergustian….
• Fergustus….

Memorial

• 27 November
• formerly 8 September in Ireland
• formerly 18 November in Scotland

Profile

May have studied in both Scotland and Ireland. Priest. Travelling bishop in Ireland. Evangelist in the counties of Perth and Caithness in Scotland. Founded churches dedicated to Saint Patrick at Strageath, Blackford, and Dolpatrick in Perthshire; Wick and Halkirk, in Caithnessshire; and Lungley (now Saint Fergus), in Aberdeenshire. Settled in Glamis in c.710. Attended a synod in Rome, Italy in 721 which condemned sorcery and irregular marriages.

Born

• Pictish Scotland

Died

• c.730 at Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland of natural causes
• head transferred to the Scone Abbey

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Wick, Caithness, Scotland

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Fergus the Pict“. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 April 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>