Saint Modan
- Memorial
- 4 February
- Profile
- Son of a chieftain.
Monk at Dryburgh monastery, Scotland in 522 where he gives himself over to prayer 7-8 hours a day.
Preacher at Stirling, Falkirk, and along the Forth in Scotland.
Reluctant abbot at Drybrouch.
In his later years he retired to become a hermit at Dunbarton.
- Died
- at Dunbarton in the 6th century of natural causes;
relics at Saint Modan's church, Rosneith
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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