{{Short description|Scottish saint}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox saint |name=Saint Machan |birth_date= |death_date= circa 1175 |feast_day=18 and 28 September |venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church |image=File:St Machan's Capel, Campsie Glen - geograph.org.uk - 1564423.jpg| |imagesize=200px |caption=St Machan's Chapel, Campsie Glen |birth_place= Scotland |death_place= Clachan of Campsie |titles=Bishop |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= |patronage= |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= |prayer= |prayer_attrib= }} '''Machan''' or Machanus was a twelfth-century Scottish saint.<ref name="Catholic Online - St. Machan">{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4396|title=St. Machan|work=Catholic Online|accessdate=5 May 2012}}</ref> He was educated in Ireland and was ordained as a bishop in Rome.<ref name="Catholic Online - St. Machan"/> He is known for his missionary work around Clachan of Campsie (or Campsie Glen), near Glasgow.<ref name="East Dunbartonshire Council - Campsie Parish local history">{{cite web|url=http://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/content/tourism/local_history_and_heritage/towns_and_villages_local_histo/campsie_parish_local_history.aspx|title=Campsie Parish local history|publisher=East Dunbartonshire Council|accessdate=5 May 2012}}</ref> Machan built a small chapel at the bottom of the glen. After his death, in 1175 a church was built over his grave.<ref name="East Dunbartonshire Council - Campsie Parish local history"/>
In 1859 there was a St. Machan's Well at Campsie, but no trace now remains.<ref>[https://saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk/place.php?id=1329482910 "St Machan's Well", Saints in Scottish Place-Names]</ref>
Most information about St Machan is lost.<ref name="Catholic Online - St. Machan"/> However, his name remains in the name of the village of Ecclesmachan in West Lothian.
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==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXBP17ZtcIg YouTube video on the History of St Machan's Kirk]
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