It is maintained by some writers that the great St. Bridget, one of the chief glories of Ireland, visited Scotland in the beginning of the sixth century, and founded a monastery for women at Abernethy, which she dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. Over this house St. Darlughdach was placed as superior; or, as some think, she was the real foundress. St. Mayota was one of the nine virgins who came from Ireland to form the first community at Abernethy. She is said to have been remarkable for having wrought many striking miracles in her lifetime. The church of Drumoak or Dulmaoak (Field of St. Mayota), situated near the Dee, takes its name from this saint. A spring in the neighbourhood is called "St. Maikie's Well." 25--St. Bathan, Bishop, A.D. (about) 639. In a letter to the Scots from Pope John IV. mention is made of this saint as especially {182} connected with Scotland. No particulars of his life are now known, but his _cultus_ can be traced by the churches dedicated to him. Abbey St. Bathans, a parish in Berwickshire, takes its name from this saint. The ruins of an abbey for Cistercian nuns are there, and in a wooded nook, in the vicinity is a spring called St. Bathan's Well. In addition to a reputation for healing diseases, it has the unusual quality of never freezing; a mill-stream into which it flows is said to be never blocked with ice in winter. The parish of Yester (Haddingtonshire) formerly bore the name of St. Bathan's, and the parish of Bowden in Roxburghshire probably takes its designation from the same saint. ALL YE SAINTS OF SCOTLAND, PRAY FOR US. INDEX Abbey St. Bathans 182 Abb's Head 123 Aberchirder 33 Abercorn 101 Abercrombie (St. Monan's) 34 Aberdeen 109, 163 Aberdour 91, 95, 106, 107 Aberlednock 101 Aberlour 107 Abernethy 16, 17, 93, 108, 181 Abersnethick 48 Abriachan 137 Aboyne 137 Adamnan, St. 136 Adamnan of Coldingham 15 Adrian (Odhran), St. 35 Aidan, St. 125 Airlie 74 Aldhame 37 Alexander, Bl. 114 Alloa 6 Alness 91 Alva 100 Alvah 91 Alvie 107 Alyth 98, 134 Andrew, St. 173 "Andrewmas" 173 Angus, St. 117 Anstruther 180 Applecross 67 _seq_. Arasaig 69 Arbirlot 134 Arbroath 9, 39, 134 Arbuthnott 94 Ardchattan 19, 82 Ardeonaig 138 Ard-Marnoc 33 Ard-Patrick 46 Arduthie 39 Argyle Cathedral 98 Arnold (Adamnan), St. 139 Arnty (Adamnan), St. 139 Arran 66 Asaph, St. 76 Ashkirk 134 Auchinblae 105 Auchterarder 41 Auchterawe 98 Auchterless 66 Aunan (Adamnan), St. 139 Ayr 6