HE was a native of the county of Fife, and discharged in the same,
during many years, the duties of the episcopal character with which he
was honored. Amidst the desolation which was spread over the whole
country, in the last bloody civil war between the Scots and Picts, in
which the latter were entirely subdued, St. Glastian was the comforter,
spiritual father, and most charitable protector of many thousands of
both nations. He died in 830, at Kinglace in Fifeshire, and was
particularly honored in that country, and in Kyntire. According to the
ancient custom of that country, his name is frequently written
Mac-Glastian, the word Mac signifying son. See the Breviary of Aberdeen;
King in his Calendar, &c.