(A.D. 874.)
[Aberdeen Breviary.]
S. Adrian, bishop of S. Andrews, trained the holy man from his
childhood, and appointed him to be his archdeacon. He afterwards sent
him to preach the Gospel in the island of May, at the mouth of the
Frith of Forth; he then went into Fife. The Church suffered severely
from the incursions of the Northmen who ravaged the coasts, burning
churches and monasteries, robbing them of their sacred vessels, and
carrying off the unfortunate people captive. S. Monan is said by Butler
to have been martyred by these invaders, but this is inaccurate. There
is no evidence that he died any other than a peaceful death. He was
buried at Inverny.
[Illustration: S. RUDESIND. After Cahier.
March 1.]