Andrew the Scot

Andrew the Scot was born in Ireland and went to Rome as a pilgrim. He then settled at Fiesole in Italy, where he was a student and assistant of Bishop Donatus and archdeacon of Fiesole. He restored the monastery of San Martino in Mensula. He reposed around the year 880. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 22 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 4 September of the civil calendar.