Saint Modan

Also known as

• Maden
• Maudan

Memorial

• 4 February

Profile

Son of a chieftain. Monk at Dryburgh Abbey in 522 where he gave himself over to prayer 7 to 8 hours a day. Preacher at Stirling, Falkirk, and along the Forth in Scotland. Reluctant abbot at Dryburgh Abbey. In his later years he retired to become a hermit at Dumbarton, Scotland. Legend says that he would be requested during dry seasons; he would stick his staff in the ground and a spring of water would emerge; he would then go straight back to his hermitage.

Born

• Ireland

Died

• 6th century at Dumbarton, Scotland of natural causes
• relics at Saint Modan’s church, Rosneath, Scotland

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against drought
• against dysentery

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Modan“. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 February 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>