FROM her infancy she was a model of humility, meekness, modesty, and
devotion. Though an only daughter, and the heiress of a rich and noble
family, fearing lest the poison which lurks in the enjoyment of
perishable goods should secretly steal into her affections, or the noise
of the world should be a hinderance to her attention to heavenly things
and spiritual exercises, she rejected all solicitations of suitors and
worldly friends, and, in the bloom of life, made an entire sacrifice of
herself to God, by making her religious profession in a great nunnery,
in the county of Fife. In this holy state, by an extraordinary love of
poverty and mortification, a wonderful gift of prayer, and purity or
singleness of heart, she attained to the perfection of all virtues.
Several miracles which she wrought made her name famous among men, and
she passed to God in a good old age, in the year 1007. Several churches
in Scotland bore her name, particularly one near Glasgow, still called
St. Kennoch's Kirk, and another called by an abbreviation of her name
Kyle, in which her relics were formerly kept with singular veneration.
In the Aberdeen Breviary she is honored with a particular prayer. She is
mentioned by Adam King, in his calendar, and an account of her life is
given us in the Chronicle of Scone.