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ST. PALLADIUS' CHURCH, Fordoun, Kincardineshire.

The village of Fordoun lies in the picturesque glen of the Luther Water, about 2-1/2 miles west from Fordoun Railway Station. The name of Saint Palladius, the early "apostle of the Scots," is attached to a small

Fig. 1414.—St. Palladius' Church, Fordoun. Plan.

chapel which stands in the churchyard surrounding the parish church. Dr. Skene's opinion[1] is that Palladius was sent to Ireland (then the country of the Scots) and that Terrananus or Ternan, his disciple, brought

Fig. 1415.—St. Palladius' Church, Fordoun. View from South-West.

his relics either from Ireland or from Galloway (in one of which places he had been martyred) to his native district in the territories of the Southern

  1. Celtic Scotland, Vol. II. p. 27.