McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Bean (2)

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Bean (2)


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a saint whose day is Oct. 26; but nothing is known of him except that he was venerated at Wester Foules, and at Kinkell, in Strathearn, Scotland. SEE BEVAN, St. He is not to be identified with St. Bean of Mortlach, but he probably is St. Bean, the uncle of St. Cadrou, or St. Bevan of Tamhlact- Menan. See Martyr. Donegal., by Todd and Reeves, p. 337-9, n.; Reeves, Eccles. Ant. p. 113; Gordon, Monast. ii, 270; Bishop Forbes, Kalendar of Scottish Saints, p. 239, 277.