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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| [St Palladius' Chapel continued] | St Palladius' Chapel St Palladius' Chapel St Palladius' Chapel St Palladius' Chapel St Palladius' Well St Palladius' Well St Palladius' Well St Palladius' Well |
Revd. [Reverend] Charles Buchan D.D. [Doctor of Divinity] Revd. [Reverend] John Phillips Mr John Garland Mr James Annandale Meml [Memorial] of Angus & Mearns Revd. [Reverend] Charles Buchan D.D. [Doctor of Divinity] Revd. [Reverend] John Phillips Mr John Garland Mr James Annandale Meml [Memorial] of Angus & Mearns |
"Out of revenge She (Finella, wife of the Chief of the Mearns.) had the King (Kenneth III) murdered within the walls of Kincardine, her reputed residence she having treacherously invited him into her Castle, while he was on a Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Palladius at Fordoun. - Apart from the Stone Circle on the Hill of Hershca, the Roman Camps at Fordoun and Clattering Brigs, and some other ancient traces, the Parish of Fordoun is remarkable as having been one of the earliest seats of the Christian faith in Scotland. St Palladius is said to have settled there in the fifth Century and his church occupied the same romantic Site as the Parish Kirk of the present day, while a copious well at the same place still preserves his name, as does also an annual market in the neighbourhood vulgarly called Paddy Fair. St Palladius died and was buried at Fordoun and as tradition relates many persons made long and arduous pilgrimages to his Shrine. among these were Kenneth III whose tragical death has already been alluded to, and Arch Bishop Shevez of St Andrews, the latter of whom collected together the bones of Palladius which ap- [continued on page 132] |
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[Page] 131Parish of Fordoun
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