# Kessog

> Saint Kessog was an Irish missionary of the mid-sixth century active in the Lennox area and southern Perthshire. Son of the king of Cashel in Ireland, Kessog is said to have worked miracles, even as a child. He left Ireland and became a missionary bishop in Scotland. Using Monks' Island in Loch Lomond as his headquarters, he evangelized the surrounding area until he was martyred, supposedly at Bandry, where a heap of stones was known as St Kessog's Cairn. He was killed in 520 AD.

*Irish saint*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kessog

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 460
- **Died:** 0520-03-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Saint Kessog was an Irish missionary of the mid-sixth century active in the Lennox area and southern Perthshire. Son of the king of Cashel in Ireland, Kessog is said to have worked miracles, even as a child. He left Ireland and became a missionary bishop in Scotland. Using Monks' Island in Loch Lomond as his headquarters, he evangelized the surrounding area until he was martyred, supposedly at Bandry, where a heap of stones was known as St Kessog's Cairn. He was killed in 520 AD.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.3

## Sources
- [Kessog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessog)
- [Kessog](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessog)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6395211)

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