Reading Diary A: Saints and Animals

Saint Kentigern and the Robin: Kentigern was a very good student, and because of that, all of the other students tried to constantly bring him down. All of the other students attempted to put out the fire that Kentigern was supposed to keep going. They successfully put it out, but Kentigern was wittier than that, and he got the fire started right back up. The schoolboys next act of debauchery then tried killing a robin, and blaming it on Kentigern. When they did it, somehow Kentigern brought it back to life. I really like Kentigern in this story because he shows perseverance.

Saint Blaise and His Beasts: Saint Blaise loved all animals. He studied medicine so he could help all living things. He learned to tame all of the animals because he was kind to them and healed them when they were hurt. A wolf stole a pig, and Blaise told the wolf to give the pig back, the wolf obliged. I really like this story because of all the animals in it. It is cool to see how Saint Blaise treated everyone, including humans and animals.

 Saint Comgall and the Mice: Comgall is an Irish word that means “the goodly pledge”.  This story is about a group of people trying to call some swans in, but they won’t come because they are strangers. Comgall knows this. When he went to call them, they came. Comgall then called mice to eat all of the prince’s grain, because the prince would not feed his people during a time of famine. This story was probably my least favorite of these so far.

The Wonders of Saint Berach: Saint Verach was a person who liked cows very much. He one-day saw a wolf that was about to eat a cow. He called the wolf over and the cow over. He told the wolf that the cow was now his mom. Again this is another story about a man who loved animals and controlled them. All of these stories seem very similar to me.

Saint Kentigern / Mungo