Saint Regulus
Legendary Greek saint in Scotland
Feast: 17 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Regulus or Saint Rule (Old Irish: RÃagal) was a legendary 4th century monk or bishop of Patras, Greece who in AD 345 is said to have fled to Scotland with the bones of Saint Andrew, and deposited them at St Andrews. His feast day in the Aberdeen Breviary is 17 October.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- Aberdeen Breviary (1510), 17 October; CatholicSaints.Info - Regulus of Scotland, Abbot — Saint Regulus (Rule), the monk or bishop of Patras who by legend brought the relics of St Andrew to Scotland. His feast in the Aberdeen Breviary - the pre-Reformation Catholic liturgical book of the Scottish church - is
- Wikidata Q2041896 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Regulus (CC BY-SA)
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