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===Scotland and Ireland===
English archaeologist and historian [[w:Ralegh Radford|C. A. R. Radford]] has said that the Constantine whose shrine is at [[w:Govan Old Parish Church|Govan]], and the Constantine connected to an important church in the Deanery of [[w:Kirkcudbrightshire|Desnes]] ([[w:Diocese of Galloway|Diocese of Galloway]]) are possibly different men, although the two are inextricably conflated in the hagiographical literature.<ref>[[w:Ralegh Radford|C. A. Ralegh Radford]] (Fellow of the British Academy). ''"[http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/ahds/dissemination/pdf/vol11/11_105_126.pdf The Early Church In Strathclyde and Galloway]".'' '''Medieval Archaeology''', 11 (1967), pp.105-126. p.118.</ref>
==Hymns==
===Troparion - Tone 5<ref name=THYATEIRA>[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain]]. ''[http://www.thyateira.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=719&Itemid=151 Constantine of Scotland - King & Martyr]. Feast day: March 11 (+576).</ref>===
Grieving at the loss of thy young spouse,<br>
thou didst renounce the world, O Martyr Constantine,<br>
but seeing thy humility God called thee to leave thy solitude and serve Him as a priest.<br> Following thy example,<br>
we pray for grace to see that we must serve God as He wills<br>
and not as we desire,<br>
that we may be found worthy of His great mercy.
===Kontakion - Tone 4<ref name="THYATEIRA"/>===
Thou wast born to be King of Cornwall,<br>
O Martyr Constantine,<br>
and who could have foreseen that thou wouldst become the first hieromartyr of Scotland.<br>
As we sing thy praises, O Saint,<br>
we acknowledge the folly of preferring human plans to the will of our God.
==See also==
