Saint Dabius (or Davius, Bavins) was a 5th-century Irish missionary, possibly a disciple of
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick (; or ; ) was a fifth-century Romano-British culture, Romano-British Christian missionary and Archbishop of Armagh, bishop in Gaelic Ireland, Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Irelan ...
, who was active in Scotland, where several churches are named after him.
His feast day is 22 July.
Monks of Ramsgate
The monks of
St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate
St Augustine's Abbey or Ramsgate Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Ramsgate. It was built in 1860 by Augustus Pugin and is a Grade II listed building. It was the first Benedictine monastery to be built in England since the Reformation. In ...
, wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921),
Butler's account
The hagiographer
Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiography, hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College, in Douai, Douay, France where he later taught philosophy and theology. He s ...
wrote in his ''Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'' (1799),
Barrett's account
Michael Barrett wrote in his ''Calendar of Scottish Saints'' (1919),
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Disciples of Saint Patrick
5th-century deaths