Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Glascianus
Introduction
The Aberdeen Breviary has a prayer for St Glascianus, bishop and confessor, on 30th Jan, noting that he was revered at Kinglassie in Fife (Ab. Brev. (Macquarrie), 48, 367. The name Glaisne appears once in CGSH, in list of priests 705.140.
Gender
Male
Related Saints
Belongs to the group Glaisne, Glassán, Glascianus (ns) (certain)
Related Personal Names
Name
Glascianus (certain)
Feast days
Day of Year
Jan 30
Calendar
Kalendarium Breviarii Aberdonensis
Source code
K. Brev. Ab.
Source title
Kalendarium Breviarii Aberdonensis
Editors
Forbes, A. P.
Secondary Title
Kalendar of Scottish Saints
Pages
111-124
Year
1872
Notes
Kal. Brev. Ab. Kalendarium Breviarii Aberdonensis, in Forbes 1872, 111-124
Quote from source
Glasciani epi et confess. ix. lec.
Saint in place-names
Names
| Place known as | Name (plus degree of certainty that this saint is commemorated here) |
| St Glassen's Well, Rerrick | St Glassen's Well (maybe) |
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