Saint Kentigerna

Also known as

• Caentigern
• Kentigerna of Loch Lomand
• Quentigerna

Memorial

• 7 January

Profile

Daughter of Prince Kelly of Leinster, and Saint Coellen. Sister of Saint Comghan. Married lay woman. Mother of Saint Fillan. When her bother Comghan had to flee the country due to opposition to his dedication to the faith, Kentigerna fled to Scotland. Widow. Anchoress on Inchebroida Island in Loch Lomond where there still stands a church in her name.

Born

• Ireland

Died

• c.734 on Inch Cailleach, Scotland

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Kentigerna“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 January 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>