Saint Kessog

Also known as

• Kassog
• Kecsag
• Kessag
• Kessoge
• Machessagus
• Mackecsog
• Mackessog
• Mackessoge
• Makkessog
• Makkessoge

Memorial

• 10 March

Profile

Son of the king of Cashel, Ireland, Kessel grew up a pious child, and was known as a miracle worker. Missionary bishop to Scotland in the area of Lennox and southern Perthshire, working from Monk’s Island in Loch Lomond. May have been martyred at Bandry, Scotland, but records are unclear. His name was used as a battle cry by the Scots, and the Kessog oil field in the North Sea is named after him.

Born

• at Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland

Died

• c.560 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Lennox, Scotland
• Scotland

Representation

• holding a drawn bow

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Heiligen 3s
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Kessog“. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 March 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>