Saint Drostan
- Also known as
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Drostán mac Coscreig of Deer
Drust
Drustan
Dustan
Throstan
Trust
- Memorial
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11 July
15 December (as listed in the Aberdeen Breviary)
- Profile
- Scottish royalty, the son of Cosgrach.
Educated by Saint Columba.
Benedictine monk.
Travelled to Aberdeen, Scotland with Saint Columba.
First abbot of the monastery at Dier in Pictland.
Abbot of Dalquhongal (Holywood).
He evangelized the Picts, and brought Christianity to northeast Scotland.
Eventually retired to live as a prayerful hermit at Glenesk.
His reputation for sanctity attracted many poor and sick people, and there were many healing miracles attributed to him.
- Born
- 6th century Scotland
- Died
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7th century of natural causes
relics preserved at Aberdeen, Scotland
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- Dier, Scotland
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia
Gazetter for Scotland
Kirken i Norge norwegian
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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