Saint Blane 2934364 186801746 2008-01-25T13:01:35Z Deacon of Pndapetzim 140005 clean up using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Infobox Saint |name=Saint Blane |birth_date=unknown |death_date=[[590]] |feast_day=[[10 August]] |venerated_in=[[Roman Catholic Church]] |image= |imagesize= |caption= |birth_place=[[Isle of Bute|Bute]] |death_place= |titles= |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= |patronage= |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= |prayer= |prayer_attrib= }} '''Saint Blane''' ([[Old Irish]] ''Bláán'') was a [[Bishop]] and [[Confessor]] in [[Scotland]], born on the island of [[Isle of Bute|Bute]], date unknown; died [[590]]. His feast is kept on [[10 August]]. He was a nephew of [[St. Cathan]], and was educated in [[Ireland]] under [[Saint (Christianity)|Sts.]] [[Comgall]] and [[Kenneth]]; he became a [[monk]], went to Scotland, and eventually was bishop among the [[Picts]]. Several miracles are related of him, among them the restoration of a dead boy to life. The [[Aberdeen Breviary]] gives these and other details of the saint's life, which are rejected however, by the [[Bollandists]]. There can be no doubt that devotion to St. Blane was, from early times, popular in Scotland. His monastery became the site of the [[Cathedral]] of [[Dunblane]]. There was a church of St. Blane in [[Dumfries]] and another at [[Kilblane]]. His name is recorded on the Scottish landscape at Strathblane in the central lowlands from Loch Lomond to Dunblane. The year of the saint's death is variously given as [[446]], [[590]], and [[1000]]: 446 ([[Alban Butler]], ''Lives of the Saints'') is evidently incorrect; the date 1000, found in [[Adam King]], ''Kalendar of Scottish Saints'' (Paris, 1588), in [[Dempster]], ''[[Menologium Scotorum]]'' (Bonn, 1622), and in the "[[Acta SS]].", seems to have crept in by confusing St. Kenneth, whose disciple Blane was, with Kenneth the King of Scotland about 1000. The highest authorities say the saint died 590. The ruins of his church at [[Kingarth]], Bute, where his remains were buried, are still standing and form an object of great interest to antiquarians; the bell of his monastery is preserved at Dunblane. [[Image:stblanes1.jpg|120px]] ==References== *{{1911}} {{catholic}} ===Spelling=== The Scottish spelling is [[Blane]], the Irish spelling is [[Blaine]], sometimes spelt [[Blain]] or Blayne. ===People=== *[[Sir Gilbert Blane]] British, found a preventative for scurvy. Seamen were given lime juice as a preventative for scurvy and this gave them the nickname of "Limejuicers". *[[Sally Blane]] American actress *[[David Blaine]] <!-- Only nationally or internationally notable people should be listed. A good test is whether there is already a wikipedia article about them. --> {{DEFAULTSORT:Blane}} [[Category:590 deaths]] [[Category:History of Argyll and Bute]] [[Category:History of Stirling]] [[Category:People from Argyll and Bute]] [[Category:Medieval Gaels]] [[Category:Scottish saints]] {{Scotland-bio-stub}} {{UK-saint-stub}}