Isho

Saint Isho (Issui), a martyr, is the patron of the church of Patrishow in Breconshire, called Merthir Issiu in the Book of Llandaff and consecrated by Bishop Herwald between 1056 and 1103. Local tradition, as given by the historian Theophilus Jones, says he was a holy man who lived retired beside a brook, teaching the people the Christian faith, and that he was murdered by a traveller who had been kindly received in his cell. His holy well was long known for its healing power. His memory falls on 30 October. The veneration is local, without synodal canonization.