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Austol
Cornish saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 28 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
401
Died
501
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Austol (Welsh: Austel; Latin: Austolus) was a 6th-century Cornish holy man who lived much of his life in Brittany.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints - St Meen (Mevennus), 21 June — Butler, in the life of St Meen: "Amongst his friends and disciples was his godson, St Austol" - the Cornish saint of St Austell; feast 28 June.
- Wikidata Q4072460 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Austol (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.