Saint Serf is called the apostle of Orkney, with less historical plausibility.
10 Facts About Saint Serf
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Saint Serf is connected with Saint Mungo's Church near Simonburn, Northumberland.
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David Hugh Farmer wrote that the legend of Serf is "a farrago of wild impossibilities" stating that Serf was the son of Eliud, King of Canaan, and his wife Alphia, daughter of a King of Arabia.
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Saint Serf came to Rome, carrying with him such a reputation for sanctity that he was elected and served as Pope for seven years.
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Saint Serf travelled to Gaul and Britain after vacating the Holy See, returning to Scotland.
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Saint Serf founded the eponymous St Saint Serf's Inch Priory on the island, where he remained seven years.
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Saint Serf is said to have been a contemporary of Saint Mungo, known as Saint Kentigern, though he could not have lived at the same time as both Adomnan and Mungo.
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Saint Serf survived the fall unharmed, and was met by an unmanned boat.
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Saint Serf knew she had no home to go to, so she boarded the boat; it sailed her across the Firth of Forth to land at Culross where she was cared for by Saint Serf; he became foster-father of her son, Saint Kentigern.
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Saint Serf is a relatively common dedication for churches in Fife, Edinburgh and Central Scotland.