Balin

Balin, also called Balanus or Balloin, was a monk of Saxon birth, honoured in Ireland, in the seventh century. He was the brother of Saint Gerald and one of the four sons of a nobleman of England. After accompanying Saint Colman of Lindisfarne to Iona in Scotland, he and his brothers went to Connaught in Ireland and settled at Tecksaxon, "The House of the Saxons", near Tuam. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 7 September (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 20 September of the civil calendar.