Saint
Blane
A bishop who preached in Scotland, honored on the isle of Bute, reposed around 590.
Life
Saint Blane (Blaan, Blain) was a disciple of Saints Comgall and Canice in Ireland, then a bishop in Scotland, and he was buried at Dunblane, which was named after him. He reposed around 590. He is honored on the isle of Bute in Scotland.
He is commemorated on 10 August (other sources on 11 August) as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of his life.
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