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Guinoch

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Saint Guinoch
Diedc. 838
Scotland
Venerated inBuchan
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Feast13 April

St Guinoch, also known as Guinochus or Guinoc, was a Scottish saint. He is believed to have been a counsellor to Kenneth MacAlpin and, through prayer, aided in seven victories over the Picts in one day.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Butler, Alban (1798). The Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints: Compiled from Original Monuments, and Other Authentic Records: Illustrated with the Remarks of Judicious Modern Critics and Historians. Edinburgh: J. Muir. pp. 141–142.
  2. ^ Farmer, David (1978). The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. p. 226. ISBN 0-19-280058-2.