title: Saint Sanctan
text: Saint  Sanctain or Sanctan was a 6th-century Manx bishop, who originally came from Northern Britain.
  
  Sanctan was the son of Sawyl Penuchel, a king in Northern Britain. He is said to have been a brother of Saint Patrick, though this is chronologically impossible. He was an active missionary in Cumbria, before becoming Bishop of the unidentified Cell da les (or 'church of the two forts'). This may be Kill-na-Sanctan near  Dublin or on the Isle of Man, where the civil parish of Santon is named after him. His feast day is on 20 May.
  
  References
   A Manx Notebook: Parish of Kirk Santan
   A Manx Notebook: Stained glass window from St John's church
  Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae 2012-2015
  
  6th-century Christian saints
  Manx saints
  Northern Brythonic saints
  Medieval Irish saints
  Manx religious leaders
  Christian missionaries in England
  Manx Christian missionaries
  Christian missionaries in the Isle of Man