ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 14th of February WELCOME! SAINT CONRAN, BISHOP OF ORKNEY (Saint Conran, Bishop of Orkney, Confessor.) The isles of Orkney are twenty-six in number, besides the lesser, called Holmes, which are uninhabited, and serve only for pasture. ST PALLADIUS' AND ST SYLVESTER'S WORK The faith was planted here by St Palladius, and St Sylvester, one of his fellow-labourers, who was appointed by him the first pastor of this church, and was honoured in it on the 5th of February. HOME TO A GREAT NUMBER OF MONASTERIES In these islands formerly stood a great number of holy monasteries, the chief of which was Kirkwall. This place was the bishop’s residence, and is at this day the only remarkable town in these islands. It is situated in the largest of them, which is thirty miles long, called anciently Pomonia, now Mainland. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS ASCETICISM, ZEAL, AND EMINENT ZEAL This church is much indebted to St Conr...