ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 27th of October WELCOME! SAINT ODRAN, CHARIOTEER OF SAINT PATRICK, MARTYR In the martyrologies, this Odran (Odranus) is called the charioteer (auriga) of Saint Patrick (Patritius) of Ireland. Some seem to think that Odran was even a bishop, or a priest. At any rate, he belonged to the disciples of that great Irish apostle, and shared his fame; he may well have come with him from Scotland. The place of his death was called Disert-Odhrain in Hisaigia. As legend has it, he was killed by a nobleman named Failge (according to Kelly * in the year 451) when he was in the chariot with Saint Patrick . The murderer mistook the driver for Saint Patrick himself. Beforehand, the great saint had broken an idol by force, thereby incurring the murderer's enmity, who swore to kill Saint Patrick for this deed. The driver was aware of what Failge planned to do. Whe...