Beatus, Saint
Beatus, Saint
Confessor , apostle of Switzerland, died near Lake of Thun, Switzerland, c.112 . Legend relates that Beatus was baptized in England by the Apostle Barnabas , ordained in Rome by Saint Peter, and sent to Switzerland. Another version states that he was an Irish monk who accompanied Saint Columban to Switzerland, and lived in solitude in a cave above the Lake of Thun. His story is interwoven with extracts from the life of Saint Beatus of Vendome, but the two are distinct. For years his cave was a place of pilgrimage; after the Reformation his cult was transferred to the chapel at Lungern in Obwalden. Feast , Berne, 9 May .