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Credan
Saint Credan of Evesham (died 19 August 780) is a saint in the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church and of the Orthodox Church. He is also known in Latin as Credus or Credanus.
Life and cult.
He was the Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey at Evesham, England, during the reign of King Offa of Mercia. His office is attested by charters in King Offa's reign, but no details of St Credan's life have been preserved.
His feast day is 19 August,
Baron Fortescue of Credan
Baron Fortescue of Credan, in the County of Waterford, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 15 August 1746 for John Fortescue Aland. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, in 1781.
Barons Fortescue of Credan (1746).
- John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670–1746)
- Dormer Fortescue-Aland, 2nd Baron Fortescue of Credan (1723–1781)