Baithéne mac Brénaind (or St Baithen) was an Irish monk specially selected by St. Columba as one of the band of missionaries who set sail for what is now Scotland in 563. Born in 536 the son of Brenan he was an ardent disciple of St. Columba and was appointed Abbot of Tiree a monastery founded by St. Comgall of Bangor. St. Adamnan in recording the death of St.
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