ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 6th of March WELCOME! SAINT BALDRED, BISHOP OF STRATHCLYDE Saint Baldred was a Celtic Bishop of Strathclyde, born about 543; he died at Aldhame, Haddingtonshire, about 607. He is said to have been the immediate successor of the great St Kentigern , or Mungo, the founder of the See of Glasgow, Scotland. A BRITISH SAINT OF IRISH DESCENT Like St Kentigern, he was of Irish ancestry, but is reckoned as a British saint, inasmuch as Strathclyde was part of Britain. The chronology of the period when he flourished is somewhat obscure, but the best authorities on Scottish history agree that St Baldred was born towards the middle of the sixth century. FOR MANY YEARS, HE HAD LABOURED IN STRATHCLYDE Previous to his consecration, St Baldred had laboured for many years in Strathclyde, and had founded numerous houses for monks as also for holy virgins in addition to the churches of Aldhame, Tyinguham and Prest...