St Triduana
Submitted by Alison McCall on 30 April 2013 - 6:19pm
Revised: 28 January 2016 - 3:36pm — Alison McCall
Other names:
Also known as Trodwell and Trodline.
Dates:
approx 7th or 8th century.
Legend tells that King Nechtan fell in love with Triduana, but she was determined to remain a virgin. To repell Nechtan she removed her own eyes. She is believed to have been buried at Restalrig. Various miraculous cures of blindness have been attributed to her.
