St Ronan
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Bishop. St Ronan was an early Christian bishop from Kilmaronen in Lennox, Scotland. Bede describes him as an Irish monk who defended the Roman calculation of Easter at the Synod of Whitby.
St Ronan’s well at Innnerleithen, in Peebleshire, was popularised by Sir Walter Scott’s novel of the same name.
According to tradition, the saint came to the valley and drove out the Devil. This event is commemorated in St Ronan’s games, a week of festivities held every July which comes to a climax when a schoolboy chosen to represent St Ronan is given a pastoral staff to ‘cleek the Devil’.
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Celebrated on February 7thBishop. St Ronan was an early Christian bishop from Kilmaronen in Lennox, Scotland. Bede describes him as an Irish monk who defended the Roman calculation of Easter at the Synod of Whitby.
St Ronan’s well at Innnerleithen, in Peebleshire, was popularised by Sir Walter Scott’s novel of the same name.
According to tradition, the saint came to the valley and drove out the Devil. This event is commemorated in St Ronan’s games, a week of festivities held every July which comes to a climax when a schoolboy chosen to represent St Ronan is given a pastoral staff to ‘cleek the Devil’.
(from ICN)
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