Saint Regulus of Scotland

Also known as

• Riaghail of Scotland
• Rule of Saint Andrew

Memorial

• 30 March

Profile

Bishop of Patras, Greece. Custodian of the relics of Saint Andrew the Apostle. In 345 he received a vision telling him to take the relics to the west, and to found a church with the name Saint Andrew. He and some companions wandered to the west, and in 347 landed at Kilrimont where he built the church, the earliest in Scotland. Regulus is commemorated in the Aberdeen Breviary.

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Kylrewni, Scotland

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Regulus of Scotland”. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 March 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-regulus-of-scotland/>