Saint Inan (Evan) was the patron saint of Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, where he resided during the 9th century AD. His holy well still exists in the Kirk Vennel beside the Old Parish kirk, near the River Irvine. He is reputed to have come from Iona Uinniau is a name now associated with Ninnian, a developing consensus being that they are one and the same person.
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“A saint is good who wanders constantly.
Water is good which flows continuously.”
—Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.