Icon of St. Nectan, martyr

Icon of St. Nectan, the Holy Martyr of Hartland

Feast: June 17

Also known as St. Nectaran or St. Nighton, this 6th century Saint was an Irish missionary who founded churches in Devonshire and Cornwall. His shrine at Hartland has been held in profound veneration for many centuries. According to one tradition, he perished by being beheaded by the hands of robbers. If this is so, he may more accurately be called a "Passion-Bearer" than a "Martyr" in the strictest sense.

The icon has this Latin inscription around the edges: "Nectane consors martirum / Ora pro nobis Dominum / Tuendo tuum populum / Et nunc et in perpetuum."  A metred translation into English is: "O Martyrs' colleague, O Nectan, / Entreat the Lord in our behalf, / Keeping thy people safe and sound / Both now and for eternity." 

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