ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 13th of March WELCOME! SAINT KENNOCHA, VIRGIN As a young woman, the Scottish maiden Kennocha was devout, meek, chaste, and modest. She was also gifted with a great natural beauty. Although several noblemen sought her hand in marriage, she refused them all, having decided to consecrate her virginity to Christ. HER PARENTS THREW HER OUT Thrown out of the house by her own parents because she had refused the marriage offers, Kennocha went into exile to settle in Coila, Scotland, where she lived a devout life of prayer, including night watches and fasting. Kennocha exhibited particularly deep compassion for the poor and orphans. She lived to an advanced age. [She died in 1007.] Her tomb became the site of miracle cures wrought through her intercession. The 1507 breviary of Aberdeen, Scotland, provides a prayer for her feast day: O God, author and lover of chastity, grant us by the prayers of your virgin Saint Kennocha such ...