Cillene Droichtech

Saint Cillene Droichtech ("the Bridge-⁠maker") was born in Ireland, went to Iona in Scotland and was abbot there from 726 until his repose in 752. He was the fourteenth abbot of Iona, succeeding a man of the same name, Cillene Fota. He was of the southern Uí Néill, who ruled the kingdom of Mide in the midlands of Ireland. His long abbacy coincided with the reign of the powerful king of the Picts Óengus I, who from 736 extended his rule over the Scots of Dál Riata.

According to the Martyrology of Donegal, Cillene brought the relics of Adomnán of Iona back to Ireland to establish peace between the Cenél Conaill and the Cenél nEógain after the battle of Druim Fornocht in 727, promulgating again the Law of Adomnán (Cáin Adomnáin, Lex Innocentium). At his death he is described as an anchorite, which suggests that he lived at least for a time in seclusion while being abbot of Iona. His feast is on 3 July, the day on which he is also commemorated in the Orthodox calendar, as a saint of the West before the Great Schism (a saint of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.