Saint Fergus

Saint Fergus (also Fergustian) (died c. 730 AD) was a bishop who worked in Scotland as a missionary.

Life Ten saints of this name are mentioned in the martyrology of Donegal.

The exact date and place of Fergus's birth remain unknown. He was a contemporary of St. Drostan and St. Donevaldus.

Known in the Irish martyrologies as St. Fergus Cruithneach, or the Pict, the Breviary of Aberdeen states that he had been a bishop for many years in Ireland when he went on a mission to Alba with some chosen priests and other clerics. He settled first near Strageath, in Upper Strathearn, in Upper Perth, and erected three churches in that district. The churches of Strageath, Blackford, and Dolpatrick are found there dedicated to St. Patrick. He next evangelized Caithness and established there the churches of Wick and Halkirk.

Veneration During the time of James IV, the Abbot of Scone removed his head to Scone church and built an expensive shrine for it. and Wick.

The Martyrology of Tallaght mentions his festival on 8 September, but in Scotland it was previously on 18 November.