Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, Scottish Episcopal Church
Feast
March 10
Attributes
in a soldier's habit, holding a bow bent with an arrow in it
Patronage
Lennox and Scotland
St Kessog's Church, Luss"Tom na Chessaig"
Saint Kessog was an Irish missionary of the mid-sixth century active in the Lennox area and southern Perthshire. Son of the king of Cashel in Ireland, Kessog is said to have worked miracles, even as a child. He left Ireland and became a missionary bishop in Scotland. Using Monks' Island in Loch Lomond as his headquarters, he evangelized the surrounding area until he was martyred, supposedly at Bandry, where a heap of stones was known as St Kessog's Cairn. Kessog was killed in 520 AD.
The St Kessog's church in Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond is named after Kessog and the church contains an effigy of the saint. There is a Roman Catholic church in the nearby town of Balloch also named after him. Kessog is claimed to have brought Christianity to the area around Luss in 510 AD and 1500 years of continuous Christian presence in the area was celebrated in 2010.
Elsewhere in Scotland, the medieval parish churches of Auchterarder and Comrie, both in Perthshire, were dedicated to Kessog, and may have been founded by him or one of his followers. A 19th century church in Callander is named St Kessog's and a nearby circular mound by the River Teith is named in pseudo-Gaelic as "Tom na Chessaig", meaning "the Hill of Kessog".
The Kessock area of Inverness is named after the saint, as is the Kessog oil field in the North Sea.
Soldiers had a special veneration for him and he's portrayed in military dress with arrows and then bended bow. As late as 1695 his bell, a sacred relic, was listed among the funeral investitures of the Earldom of Perth.
Saint Kessog was an Irish missionary of the mid-sixth century active in the Lennox area and southern Perthshire. Son of the king of Cashel in Ireland,...
19th-century Gothic church stands in the town square, named after Saint Kessog, an Irish missionary who is said to have preached in the area in the sixth-century...
over the loch, and the Luss Hills rise to the west of the village. Saint Kessog brought Christianity to Luss at the early 6th century in the Early Middle...
Church of Scotland church in Luss, Argyll and Bute, dedicated to Saint Kessog. The present church building was constructed in 1875 and subject to major...
26 Nov 1858 3 Mar 1955 1 Oct 2000 Yes 1 Kea early 6th century Yes Yes 2 Kessog 520 Yes Yes 2 Kevin of Glendalough c. 498 3 Jun 618 1903 Yes Yes Yes Yes...
Christianity in Scotland can probably be found among the soldiers, notably Saint Kessog, son of the king of Cashel, and ordinary Roman citizens in the vicinity...
Scotland, Columba, Palladius Barra Finbarr Eigg Donnán Galloway Ninian Lennox Kessog Orkney Magnus Wales David of Wales Gibraltar (territory) Bernard of Clairvaux...
Diuma, Ceollach, Saint Machar, Saint Cathan, Saint Blane, Jaruman, Wyllow, Kessog, St Govan, Donnán of Eigg, Foillan and Saint Fursey began the conversion...
Fillan Finbarr of Cork G Gervadius Gilbert de Moravia H Himelin I Inan K Kessog Ronald of Orkney L Ludan M Machan Machar Máel Ruba Saint Margaret of Scotland...
Stranraer, Wick St Kentigern (Mungo) 3 Balerno, Ballater, West Linton St Kessog 1 Auchterarder St Kiaran 1 Campbeltown St Kilda 1 Lochbuie St Laurence 1...
Stirling, and Synod of Forth. There is also a Catholic church dedicated to St. Kessog. Strathblane Primary School is the local primary school. Strathblane and...
southern summit reaches 180 feet (55 m) in height. It is thought that St Kessog was killed here. It was once the site of a monastery, giving rise to its...
west bank of Loch Lomond. Mary never married. She was president of St. Kessog's Home, Edinburgh which was devoted to the treatment of women's diseases...
area Our Lady & St. Mark's – Alexandria Ss Peter and Paul – Arrochar St. Kessog's – Balloch St. Andrew's – Bearsden St. Dominic's – Bishopbriggs St. Matthew's...
that hold interest. One stone, which is double sided, lies west of Saint Kessog, a well-known church in Luss and is a hog-backed classed stone that's almost...
catholic community is served by St Anthony's, which shares a priest with St Kessog's, in Strathblane. Strathendrick Baptist Church is also based in Balfron...
after passing between the village's war memorial and the grounds of St. Kessog's Catholic Church. Public parking is not permitted on the private road, but...
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