St Kinnon (Abrittus)

Kinnon O´Darach, *390 in an Mhumhain (Hibernia), †468 in Londinium, is the founder of the Celtic Church and has been declared a saint by his successor, Archbishop Cailean, in 482.

St Kinnon grew up as the only son of a druid. As a young teenager, he experienced the conquest of an Mhumhain by the Imperium Romanum Galliarum and its incorporation into the Hibernia province. The far-reaching changes caused by the conquest of Hibernia affected both Kinnon and his family. In the Empire, the role of druids had been redefined along more scientific lines - a shift in their cultural and social role  which many traditional Hibernian and Caledonian druids of the early 5th century did not approve at all, but which Kinnon`s father also knew was inevitable.

Thus, at the age of 16, Kinnon was sent to Britannia to study at the University of Londinium. During his third year of study, Kinnon left Britannia and began his travels around the world, in many legends labelled as his "quest for truth". /// to be continued ///