Dabius

Saint Dabius (Davius, Bavins) was an Irish priest and missionary, possibly a disciple of Saint Patrick, who preached in Scotland in the fifth century, and several churches there bear his name. Alban Butler says he was a zealous Irish priest who preached with wonderful fruit in his own country and in Albany in Scotland, and is titular saint of the parish of Domnach Cluanna in County Down and of Kippau in the Highlands.

His date is uncertain. He may be identical with Saint Movean (Biteus), the disciple of Patrick. According to Smith and Wace, the Celtic dedications under the name "Davi" are to be assigned more to him than to Saint David of Wales. He is commemorated on 22 July as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.