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St Schotin of Kilkenny was a protege of St David of Wales and lived in the end of the fifth and beginning of the sixth century[1].
He was the son of Sedna, according to Colgan,[2] and a child of respectable parentage, born toward the end of the fifth or beginning of the sixth century. He derived descent from Ferlacta, son of Fergus Rogo, who was also progenitor to Ailbe, Bishop of Emly, and it may be the case that both Saints lived contemporaneously. He is said to have been a cousin to St Ailbe.
In youth he was distinguished for his piety, but being desirous to increase his stores of virtue and knowledge, he left Ireland for Wales to accomplish this under St David, Bishop of Menevia in Wales. After remaining some time in Wales, Schotin returned to his native Ireland where his first concern was to find a suitable place for his contemplated religious establishment. He selected an elevated and beautiful spot in a southern district among the mountain ridges extending from Slievemarigue barony, Queen's County into the present county of Kilkenny. Here he built a cell, which he afterwards called Tech-Schotin, or House of Schotin. This locality has been identified with Tascofffin, of Tascoffin Parish, situated not many miles from the city and in the northern part of the county of Kilkenny.
In the days of Schotin it is probable that extensive forests covered the greater part ofthat mountainous region, A rushing stream issues here toward the river Barrow, where it is lost in a deeper channel. Not far from its source, and on the right bank, a hill slopes gently, and on its top there is a large circular earthen enclosure. Within it are seven flag-stones, and under each, according to popular tradition a Holy Bishop lies interred. This is said to have been the exact site of Schotin's hermitage or religious house. Furthermore, he is believed to have founded a college here and to have trained many students. Almost immediately adjoining this place on a somewhat more elevated crest of the hill is the ancient cemetery of Tascoffin. Here some portions of a ruined church may remain, but most were probably used to construct a Protestant Church which now rises within the cemetery.
The feast of this saint is assigned to the 2nd of January when it is assumed that he departed this life.
A statue of the Saint has been removed to the closet post Vatican Two according to the Parish Priest in the early 21st Century,, but his memory remains in the heart of those who commemorate him. His Icon was drawn by Michael Kapelluck of Ligonier PA in the early 21st Century and is available From Jordanville Monastery in upstate New York.
References
[edit]1. Rev. John O'Hanlon, Lives of the Irish Saints. Vol 1. Dublin: James Duffy and Sons. 1875. Pages 34-38, St Schotin, Patron of Tascoffin Parish, County Kilkenny.
2.John Colgan, The 'Acta sanctorum Hiberniae' of John Colgan, reproduced at the Ordnance Survey, Dublin. Reflex facsimiles, Irish Manuscript Commission 5. Dublin: Ordnance Survey, 1948. 906 pp. Facsimile edition of the book (Leuven: De Witte, 1645), with an introduction by Brendan Jennings.