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Feast Day/Commemorated: August 10

Saint Blane (c. 530–590) was a monk from the Isle of Bute who established a monastery in what is now Dunblane, Scotland. The son of a Pictish king, he was educated in Ireland and was a nephew of Saint Catan, who founded a monastery on the Isle of Bute in the mid-500s. Blane succeeded his uncle as abbot and bishop of the region. The monastery flourished until it was destroyed by Norse attacks around 800. The ruins of St Blane's Church, built on the site in the 1200s, are still visible today.

Blane later founded another monastery on the site of an old Roman fort north of Stirling. This area became known as Dunblane, and the monastery's site is where Dunblane Cathedral stands today. After his death in 590, his body was returned to Bute and buried near the monastery he had once led.

Saint Blane's legacy is also preserved in several place names. The Blane Water river, the valley of Strath Blane, the village of Strathblane, and the Strathblane Hills are all named in his honor.

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