Moluag
Moluag | |
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The Saints Window in Kilmoluag, Lismore depicting St Moluag and St Columba | |
| Bishop of Lismore, Apostle of the Picts, Patron Saint of Argyll | |
| Born | c. 500–520 Ireland |
| Died | 592 Rosemarkie |
| Venerated in | |
| Major shrine | Isle of Lismore |
| Feast | 25 June |
| Patronage | Argyll; on Lewis invoked against madness |
Saint Moluag (c. 510 – 592; also known as Lua, Luan, Luanus, Lugaidh, Moloag, Molluog, Molua, Murlach, Malew) was a Scottish missionary, and a contemporary of Saint Columba, who evangelized the Picts of Scotland in the sixth century. Saint Moluag was the patron saint of Argyll as evidenced by a charter in 1544, from the Earl of Argyll, which states "in honour of God Omnipotent, the blessed Virgin, and Saint Moloc, our patron". The House of Lorne became the kings of Dalriada and eventually united with the Picts to become the kings of Scots.