Our Local Saints

Keswick has been blessed by four great saints. They gather at the altar in the chapel. The frescoes are the work of Aidan Hart http://www.aidanharticons.com/ .

St Bega was a 9C Irish maiden who may have settled and died at Bassenthwaite.

St Mungo was a 6C itinerant bishop of Glasgow who preached at Crosthwaite.

St Herbert lived as a 7C hermit who lived on St Herbert’s isle in Derwentwater.

St Cuthbert (687) the famous Bishop of Lindisfarne was a friend of St Herbert. He travelled widely over the whole north of Britain – and so did his body in his coffin when escaping the Vikings. It may have stayed at nearby Embleton.

Holy Saints of God pray for us!