He was an Irishman of royal blood, who forsaking the world to labor
in securing eternal happiness, led a penitential, contemplative life
at Oosterk, near Bruges, in Flanders, with B. Gillon, an individual
companion. He was famed for his eminent sanctity, attested by
miracles after his death. His shrine is there held in veneration, and
a chapel built in his honor. He is said to have lived in the eighth
century. Gerard, bishop of Tournay, translated the relics of this
saint on the 3d of July, 1059, in the presence of the abbots of Dun,
Oubenbourg, and Ececkout; and on the 1st of October, 1444, they were
visited by Nicholas, suffragan bishop of Tournay. See Colgan in MSS.
and Molanus, p. 136.