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"'Saint Drostan"' (d. early 7th century) was the founder and abbot of the monastery of Deer in Aberdeenshire. The old Church at Aberdour (or Aberlour) claimed his relics and his holy well lies nearby. Aberlour Scotch is still made with the pure water taken from St. Drostan's Well. His saint day is July 11th. Genera About 15 in 4 subfamilies. ... Introduction Aberdeenshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ...


References

"St. Drostan", The Oxford Dictionary of Saints; ed. David Hugh Farmer; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987.


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Drostan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (371 words)
The water of St. Drostan's Well is an important ingredient of Aberlour Pure Single Highland Malt Whisky.
A Scottish abbot who flourished about A.D. All that is known of him is found in the "Breviarium Aberdonense" and in the "Book of Deer", a ninth-century manuscript.
On the death of the Abbot of Dalquhongale (Holywood) some few years later, St. Drostan was chosen to succeed him.
Aberlour Single Malt Scotch Whisky (176 words)
Drostan - also known as Drustan or Dunstan - was a protégé of St Columcille and accompanied him on his Christian crusade to Scotland in the 6th century.
Drostan visited Aberlour, where he baptised Christian converts in a spring on the site of what is now the Aberlour Distillery.
Drostan stayed in the area for some years, becoming abbot of a monastery near Aberdeen.
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