Fillan of Pittenweem

Saint Fillan was a sixth-century Scottish monk active in Fife. His feast day is 20 June.

For Fillan of Strath Fillan, see Fillan.

Fillan of Pittenweem is not to be confused with the later Fillan of Munster, who settled at Strath Fillan. Fillan of Pittenweem worked in Aberdour, (where the parish church bears his name), as well as in Forgan. On the top of Dunfillan near Comrie was a rocky seat where, according to tradition, Fillan sat and gave his blessing to the country 'round. Up until the eighteenth century, there was a belief that sitting there could be beneficial for rheumatism of the back. A stone basin at the bottom the hill, was known as "Fillan's Spring", whose water was said to cure sore eyes.

According to historian and antiquary William Forbes Skene, the village of St Fillans, on the eastern end of Loch Earn, takes its name from him.

Fillan of Pittenweem died at the disert of Tyrie near Kinghorn

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