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St Serf (c. 500–83)
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Serf was active in western Fife, where he is supposed to have founded the village of Culross and is thought to be buried. He established a monastery on St Serf’s Inch in Loch Leven (the island reputedly given to him by Adomnán), and his name is associated with locations in Strathearn and the Forth Valley. He is the subject of many improbable legends, including a tale of dragon-slaying at Dunning, which may be connected with the Dupplin Cross, now displayed there. Detail of a creature - perhaps a dragon - from the Dupplin Cross, now at St Serf’s Church in Dunning. |
St Curetán (fl. 690–710) Curetán was a witness to the declaration of Adomnán’s Law of Innocents at the Synod of Birr. He is credited with founding 150 churches in northern Pictland, including one at Rosemarkie. It is thought that his mission to Orkney originated here. There is a dedication to him on the north Orcadian island of Papa Westray. Others have been identified in several places north of Loch Ness. He changed his name to Boniface to reflect his allegiance to the Roman church. |
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Rosemarkie cross slab