page_title: Nathalan
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Nathalan / Life
caption_attribution_description: English: Cowie kirk. St Mary of the Storms. Originally dedicated to St.Nathalan AD678 and later to St Mary.
context_page_description: Nathalan, is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, who was active in the district now known as Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He is also known by the names Saint Nachlan and Saint Nauchlan.
context_section_description: Nathalan was born in the village of Tullich, for which he was eventually appointed as bishop.  The earliest church in Tullich was founded by Saint Nathalan in the 7th century.  He also built churches at Bothelim and Colle. He was a nobleman who cultivated. He possessed a large estate, which he cultivated and distributed his harvest generously to the poor. He was one of the apostles of that country.
  Nathalan is reputed to have built the first small chapel on the windswept clifftop at Cowie sometime during the 7th century.
caption: Cowie kirk, originally dedicated to St. Nathalan
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