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Saint Kessog was an Irish missionary of the mid-sixth century active in the Lennox area and southern Perthshire. Kessog was Scotland's patron saint before Saint Andrew, and his name was used as a battle cry by the Scots. Son of the king of Cashel in Ireland, Kessog is said to have worked miracles, even as a child. He left Ireland and became a missionary bishop in Scotland. Using Monks' Island in Loch Lomond as his headquarters, he evangelized the surrounding area until he was martyred, supposedly at Bandry, where a heap of stones was known as ''St Kessog's Cairn''. Kessog was killed in 520 AD. The St McKessog's church in Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond is named after Kessog and the church contains an effigy of the saint. Kessog is claimed to have brought Christianity to the area around Luss in 510 AD and 1500 years of continuous Christian presence in the area was celebrated in 2010. Elsewhere in Scotland, the medieval parish churches of Auchterarder and Comrie, both in Perthshire, were dedicated to Kessog, and may have been founded by him or one of his followers. The Kessock area of Inverness is named after the saint, as is the Kessog oil field in the North Sea. ==Sources== *(Saint of the Day, March 10 ) at ''SaintPatrickDC.org'' *(Page from the Proto-College of St Kessog ) (- A Branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism ) *(Web Page of Luss Parish Church ) *(A Brief History of the United Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, Scottish Episcopal Church ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kessog」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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