“The Lord judge between you both,” said the abbot.
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Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 98 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.
“The Lord judge between you both,” said the abbot. “ Let Medran hold a lantern in his hand, and if it kindle when he breathe on it, then he shall stay here.” Then, according to the story, the candle flamed up, and Medran remained at Saigir till he died. But Kieran said to Odran, “ Hearken to me, my son.
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Keep their day. Remember them on July 7 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.
“The Lord judge between you both,” said the abbot. “ Let Medran hold a lantern in his hand, and if it kindle when he breathe on it, then he shall stay here.” Then, according to the story, the candle flamed up, and Medran remained at Saigir till he died. But Kieran said to Odran, “ Hearken to me, my son. Though thou 6 *. Ethelburga.
shalt wander through four quarters of the world, yet shalt thou die in thine own city, Leith.” And it was so, for there he built a monastery, which was called after him Leitir-Odran.
Feast: July 7
One short email a day for nine days. The day's prayer, a line from Sts. Medran and Odran's story, and a nudge to keep going.
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.
