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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Baithéne, second abbot of Iona (north-west Britain), ob. c. 600

Saint ID

S02475

Reported Death Not Before

598

Reported Death Not After

601

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06598Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), recounts how he twice turned contrary winds by chiding the dead saint, the second time being the feast day of the saint and his successor *Baithéne (second abbot of Iona, ob. c. 600, S02475). Written in Latin at Iona, 696/704.