Saint Moluag, (c.530 - 592), (also known as
Lua,
Luan,
Luanus,
Lugaidh,
Moloag,
Molluog,
Molua,
Murlach,
Malew), was a Scottish missionary, and a contemporary of
Saint Columba, who evangelized the
Picts of
Scotland in the sixth century. Saint Moluag was the
patron saint of
Argyll as evidenced by a charter in 1544, from the
Earl of Argyll, which states "
in honour of God Omnipotent, the blessed Virgin, and Saint Moloc, our patron".