Beccan of Rum

Saint Beccan of Rum was an Irish hermit on the island of Rùm in Scotland, who died in 677; his death is recorded in the Annals of Ulster. He is thought to be the same as Beccán mac Luigdech, a monk of Iona and a poet, who composed around the year 640 two poems in Irish in praise of Saint Columba, the founder of Iona. A hermit named Beccán is also addressed in a letter of 632 or 633 concerning the date of Easter. The identification is not certain. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 17 March (new style; 30 March in the old style).