19} died in 632, according to Usher. His name is celebrated among
the Irish saints. It appears from Cambrensis that his festival was
observed in Wales in the twelfth century. He was also honored in
Scotland.[1] See Colgan, Jan. 31, pp. 208, 223. Chatelain, notes, p.
481.

Footnotes:
1. There is found in the chronicle of Scone, and in the Breviary of
Aberdeen, an ancient collect, in which the Divine mercy is implored
through his intercession. Chatelain tells us that in Lower Brittany
he is called St. De, (contracted from the Latin word Aideus, or
Aidanus,) and that the village and church which bear his name,
celebrate his festival on the 18th of March, the day perhaps on
which they received some portion of his relics.

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1. PAGE
St. IGNATIUS, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr........ 325
St. Pionius, Priest and Martyr................. 333
St. Bridget, Virgin and Abbess, Patroness of
Ireland...................................... 334
St Kinnia, Virgin, of Ireland.................. 334
St. Sigebert, King of Austrasia, Confessor..... 337

2.
The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary.... 337
St. Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury......... 342

3.
St Blaze, Bishop and Martyr.................... 343
St. Anscharius, Archbishop of Hamburgh and
Bremen, Confessor............................ 344
St. Wereburge, Virgin and Abbess, in England,
Patroness of Chester......................... 345
St. Margaret, Virgin in England................ 348

4.
St. Andrew Corsini, Bishop and Confessor....... 349
St. Phileas and Philoromus, Bishop of Thmuis,
Martyrs...................................... 351
St. Gilbert, Abbot, Founder of the Gilbertins.. 353
St. Jean, or Joan, of Valois, Queen of France.. 353
St. Isid