Saint Constantine of Cornwall

Memorial: 11 March
Profile: Cornish prince, son of King Paternus. After a misspent youth, he did penance in Wales and Ireland, then evangelized the Scottish Picts with Saint Columbanus, for which he is especially honoured in Scotland. Abbot of a monastery at Govan. Two locations in Cornwall are named for him, and he is considered Scotland's first martyr.
Died: murdered in 598 by pirates who cut off his right arm and allowed him to bleed to death
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Additional Information: Catholic Online The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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