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St. Lesmo of Glen Tanar
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St. Lesmo of Glen Tanar () is the name given to a holy hermit who it is believed lived in [[Aberdeenshire]], Scotland in the eighth century. He is recorded by [[Thomas Dempster]] as a "saint" in the seventeenth century. <ref> Dempster is a a Scottish Scholar and Historian was born at Cliftbog, Aberdeenshire. Dempster's authority has been open to serious doubt for some time. As early as 1736, William Nicholson, said of Dempster "… (he) was as well inclined to believe a lye(lie) as any man of his time…"; see, 'Nicolson, William. 1736. The English, Scotch and Irish historical libraries. ….a general history of England (Printed for G. Strahan etc.: London,), p58. Nicholson, also criticizes Dempster's list of "…274 saints, two popes, nine cardinals 38 kings and princes 41 apostolic missionaries…". Further recent criticism of Dempster's authority can be found by Douglas Somerset, in, The Reforming of the Aberdeen Friaries on 4th January 1559/6; Scottish Reformation Society Historical Journal, vol. 4 (2014), 63-95; p67. </ref> His claimed Saints' Day is the 9th December. <ref> See, Dempster, Thomas. 1625. Historia ecclesiastica gentis Scotorum lib. XIX (Typis Nicolai Thebaldini: Bononiae); and, Dempster, Thomas, David Irving, and Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh Scotland). 1829…. Dempster's reference is confusing. He refers to " …. S. Lesmo, abbas in montibus Argadiae, non longe monasterio S. Filani...(.. St. Lesmo, an abbot in the mountains of the Argadie, not far from the monastery of Saint Filan..)" (See, Dempster, 1625 op. cit. V1, p.430 Ref. S. Lesmo 793. The reference to St Filan and to Argadie are qualified with a reference to "Glentanire". The 9th December as a Saints' Day is also recorded in Boone, Jean-Baptiste. 1838. De prosecutione operis Bollandiani quod Acta sanctorum inscribitur (F.-J. Douxfils: Namurci), p.41. </ref> There is no reference to him in the [[Aberdeen Breviary]] (1509/1510). He is recorded by many Scottish writers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. In 1871, a private [[Scottish Episcopal Church]] chapel was dedicated to by Bishop [[Thomas Suther]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney]]. The chapel was part of a grand building scheme by [[William Cunliffe Brooks]] on his new estate. The chapel has a fine stained-glass window commemorating Lesmo. It is claimed that the face of St Lesmo in this panel is based on a photograph of Cunliffe Brooks.
==Lesmo as a Saint==
It is claimed that he "ministered" to travellers on the Firmounth path. <ref> The Firmounth is one of several ancient roads or paths that allowed travellers from the south of Scotland to access Deeside. For details of the various paths see, Haldane, A. R. B. 2008. The drove roads of Scotland (Birlinn: Edinburgh)</ref> If there had been a "holy hermit" in the eighth century, it is likely that places would have been named after him There are no examples of the name "Lesmo" in [[Aberdeenshire]]. <ref> There are two occurrences of a place name containing "Les" in Aberdeenshire:
Mains of Lesmoir - Lat 57,20.6, Long 2,52.3; Milton of Lesmore - Lat 57,20.6, Long 2,53.3. </ref> There are some claims for a Hermit's Cave or Hermit's Well in [[Glen Tanar]]. A Hermit's Well was recorded near Porphyry Bridge on a 1955 UK Ordinance Survey map. It is not marked on the latest Ordinance Survey map. This location, near the Water of Tanar, is about 4 kms. to the SW of St Lesmo's Chapel and Glen Tanar House.
The exact location of this well is unknown for certain. There is also a Monk's Well marked on some maps. This location is adjacent to the Firmounth Road. It is also possible that this name might have been applied to the spring by [[William Cunliffe Brooks]].
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