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Gorran
Welsh saint
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Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Saint Gwrin was a 6th-century Cornish and Welsh saint and a friend of Petroc, patron saint of Cornwall. He had two churches in Cornwall, one at Bodmin and the other at Gorran Haven. In Powys he is commemorated in the church and the name of the village of Llanwrin.
Summary translated from the Welsh Wikipedia article Gwrin (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
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales (Catholic, imprimatur), Appendix — Cornish patron saints — 'Goran, or Goronus, Hermit, Patron of several churches, contemporary with St. Petroc (O., p. 439; Leland, Collect., i., p. 75).' Matches the figure: the 6th-century hermit of Bodmin and Gorran Haven, commemorated at Llan
- Wikidata Q23646411 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.