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Another one where dates vary a wee bit, but January 8th in the year  678 is the most likely day St Nachlan, also known as Nathalan, died.

Nachlan was a native of Deeside and as some would have it he was of noble birth from within one of the local Pictish tribes. It is thought he is almost certainly the same as Nechtan Neir, found in Irish calendars and in the Annals of Ulster. He appears in the Aberdeen Breviary on January 8th (same date as Nechtan in the Irish calendars), but he is on January 12th in the Martyrology of Aberdeen. Two churches one at(Tullich another at Bethelnie and one in Cowie have Nathalan as patron. In the Scottish calendars, unlike the Irish, he is consistently a bishop.

St Nathalan or St Nachlan, is reputed to have built the first small chapel at Cowie on this windswept clifftop sometime during the 7th century. Legends abound regarding this Scottish saint, who also built churches at Coull and Tullich on Deeside.

In addition to preaching the gospil, St Nathalan taught his people to cultivate the land and grow crops. He died around 678 AD and is believed to have been buried at Tullich. There is a tradition that he owned great treasure which was wrapped in a bull’s hide, tied with a ropeand buried in the area now occupied by the extension of the kirkyard. A well known Cowie rhyme tell us:

“Between the kirk and the kirk ford,

there lies Saint Nachlan’s hoard.”

The pics are of the Chapel of St Mary & St Nathalan, which is perched on the cliffs next to Stonehaven Golf course. The kirk was later dedicated to St Mary of the Storms. but originally dedicated to St.Nathalan AD678

There is much more interesting facts here http://www.cushnieent.force9.co.uk/CelticEra/Saints/saints_nachlan.htm

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Dreams of Albion

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[scotianostra]

Dates vary a wee bit on this, but today is the most likely day St Nachlan, also known as Nathalan, died.

Nachlan was a native of Deeside and as some would have it he was of noble birth from within one of the local Pictish tribes. It is thought he is almost certainly the same as Nechtan Neir, found in Irish calendars and in the Annals of Ulster. He appears in the Aberdeen Breviary on January 8th (same date as Nechtan in the Irish calendars), but he is on January 12th in the Martyrology of Aberdeen. Two churches one at(Tullich another at Bethelnie and one in Cowie have Nathalan as patron. In the Scottish calendars, unlike the Irish, he is consistently a bishop.

St Nathalan or St Nachlan, is reputed to have built the first small chapel at Cowie on this windswept clifftop sometime during the 7th century. Legends abound regarding this Scottish saint, who also built churches at Coull and Tullich on Deeside.

In addition to preaching the gospil, St Nathalan taught his people to cultivate the land and grow crops. He died around 678 AD and is believed to have been buried at Tullich. There is a tradition that he owned great treasure which was wrapped in a bull’s hide, tied with a ropeand buried in the area now occupied by the extension of the kirkyard. A well known Cowie rhyme tell us:

“Between the kirk and the kirk ford,

there lies Saint Nachlan’s hoard.”

The pics are of the Chapel of St Mary & St Nathalan, which is perched on the cliffs next to Stonehaven Golf course. The kirk was later dedicated to St Mary of the Storms. but originally dedicated to St.Nathalan AD678

There is much more interesting facts here http://www.cushnieent.force9.co.uk/CelticEra/Saints/saints_nachlan.htm

#Scotland #scottish #religious history #history