Saint Regulus
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Feast | 17 October |
Saint Regulus or Saint Rule (
Biography
The details of Saint Regulus' life are unclear and differ in the several extant accounts. Saint Regulus was a monk or bishop of the city of Patras, in present-day Greece, then part of the Roman Empire. In AD 345 Regulus was told by an angel in a visionary dream that the Emperor Constantine had decided to remove Saint Andrew's relics from Patras to Constantinople, and in some retellings that Constantine was about to invade Patras. For safekeeping Regulus was to move as many bones as far away as he could to the western ends of the earth, where he should found a church dedicated to St Andrew. He was accompanied on his voyage by a number of consecrated virgins, among these Saint Triduana.[1]
According to the various accounts Regulus was either shipwrecked or told by an angel to stop intentionally on the shores of
Legacy
In approximately 1070
The legend of St Regulus came to have political significance in the later
St Regulus Hall, the student hall of residence at the University of St Andrews is named after Saint Regulus.
See also
- St Andrew's Cathedral
- Saint Regulus or bishop of Reims, died 698.
- Reuel
- Saint Regulus (San Regolo), a 6th-century North African who became a bishop in Italy (see Cerbonius).
References
- ^ "Different versions of Rule legend". Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Scottish churches - st rules". Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Historic scotland guide" (PDF). Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "National archives on St Regulus". Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.