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Saint Fillan, Filan, Phillan, Fáelán (Old Irish) or Faolán (modern Gaeilge & Gàidhlig) is the name of an eighth century monk from Munster, who having studied...

Fillan (Scottish Gaelic: Na Sraithibh) is a strath in west Perthshire named after an 8th-century Irish hermit monk, later canonised as Saint Fillan....

Fillan is the administrative centre of Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern side of the island of...

Fillan was a sixth-century Scottish monk active in Fife. His feast day is 20 June. Fillan of Pittenweem is not to be confused with the later Fillan of...

Strath Fillan Priory was a small Augustinian Priory based at Strath Fillan in Argyll (now in the Stirling council area). It seems to have been founded...

St. Fillan's Crozier is an 8th century Insular crozier crook (or head) traditionally associated with the Irish monk St. Fillan (Gaelic: Fáelán; "little...

Fillan is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 113-square-kilometre (44 sq mi) municipality existed from 1886 until its dissolution...

St Fillans is a village in Perthshire in the central highlands of Scotland, in the council area of Perth and Kinross. The village lies at the eastern...

St. Comgán and her son St. Fillan (Fáelán), the widowed Caintigern is said to have lived as a hermit, first in Strath Fillan, then in the Lennox, on the...

Its Gaelic name translates as "the house on the ridge". It lies in Strath Fillan, at the southern edge of Rannoch Moor. Tyndrum is a popular tourist village...

residents live near the coastline. The largest villages on the island are Fillan, Sandstad, Hestvika, Kvenvær, Ansnes, and Melandsjøen. The entire island...

They are best known for their claim to be the rightful keepers of Saint Fillan's holy relics; especially the Stone (Ferg). The name of Dewar or Dewere like...

Douglas Glen Fruin Glen Orchy Glen Shira Great Glen Hell's Glen Strath Fillan Yarrow, Scottish Borders Liddesdale Menstrie Glen Strathdevon Gleann Dubh...

that glen, its western slopes dominate the north eastern side of Strath Fillan. When seen from the south the summit of the mountain cannot be seen, being...

Fillan Church (Norwegian: Fillan kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in...

St Fillan's Kirk, Seat and Well are located in the hamlet of Kilallan, once the main religious centre of the ancient parish of Kilallan (Cill Fhaolain)...

'of the Caves' in Gaelic, so "The Place of the Caves", named after St Fillan's cave. The name is rendered Baile na h-Uaimh in modern Gaelic, with baile...

The Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway company was formed to build a line along the valley of Strathearn, closing the gap between the Callander...

they erected a priory over the ancient sacred cave associated with Saint Fillan. It was a stopping off point for pilgrims on their way to St Andrews or...

James Fillans (27 March 1808 – 27 September 1852) was a Scottish sculptor, poet and artist with a short but influential career in the early 19th century...