Saint Conran of Orkney, also known as Saint Conran the Bishop, lived during the 7th or 8th century—a time when the conversion of the Norsemen in the Orkney Islands to Christianity was underway.
| Saint Conran Bishop of Orkney | |
|---|---|
| Born | Scotland |
| Residence | Orkney |
| Died | Orkney |
| Canonized | Pre-congregation |
| Feast | 14 February |
Saint Conran of Orkney, a 7th-century Bishop of Orkney, is commemorated on February 14. He was known for his austere life and zealous pastoral care in the Orkney Islands. His name was held in great veneration in the north of Scotland when the Catholic religion flourished there. Saint Conran’s legacy is intertwined with the history of the Orkney Islands, where he played a significant role in the establishment and growth of the faith. His dedication to the spiritual well-being of the people left a lasting impact on the region 123.
Summary: Saint Conran of Orkney, a devoted bishop, is celebrated on February 14 for his austere life and zealous pastoral work in the Orkney Islands.
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Monk’s of Ramsgate Account
The monks of St Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate wrote in their Book of Saints (1921),
CONRAN (St.) Bp. (Feb. 14)
St. Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate 1921, p. 69.
(7th cent.) A holy Bishop of the Orkney Islands, a man of austere life and a zealous Pastor of souls, formerly in great veneration in the North of Scotland.[1]
Butler’s account
The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints,
Saint Conran, Bishop of Orkney, C.
The Isles of Orkney are twenty-six in number, besides the lesser, called Holmes, which are uninhabited, and serve only for pasture. The faith was planted here by Saint Palladius, and Saint Sylvester, one of his fellow-labourers, who was appointed by him the first pastor of this church, and was honoured in it on the 5th of February. In these islands formerly stood a great number of holy monasteries, the chief of which was Kirkwall. This place was the bishop’s residence, and is at this day the only remarkable town in these islands. It is situated in the largest of them, which is thirty miles long, called anciently Pomonia, now Mainland. This church is much indebted to Saint Conran, who was bishop here in the seventh century, and whose name, for the austerity of his life, zeal, and eminent sanctity, was no less famous in those parts, so long as the Catholic religion flourished there, than those of Saint Palladius and of Saint Kentigern. The cathedral of Orkney was dedicated under the invocation of Saint Magnus, king of Norway.[2]
Butler 1821, p. 155.
Butler, Alban (1821), The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints, vol. 2, London: John Murphy, retrieved 19 August 2021 
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
St. Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate (1921), The Book of saints : a dictionary of servants of God canonized by the Catholic Church, London: A. & C. Black, ltd., retrieved 26 July 2021 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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