his remains were conveyed back to Aberdour where they were deposited in a 'tumba lapidea' or stone coffin. Here his bones were said to work miraculous cures upon the sick and afflicted. The Breviary of Aberdeen celebrates his feast on 15 December. The monastery of Old Deer, which had fallen into decay, was rebuilt for Cistercian monks in 1213 and so continued until the Reformation. See also Picts References Sources "St. Drostan", The Oxford Dictionary of Saints; ed. David Hugh Farmer; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. External links St Drostan's Church, New Aberdour 7th-century Christian saints Medieval Scottish saints Scottish hermits 7th-century Scottish people