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Nectan of Hartland
5th c. Welsh and Cornish saint
SaintKingdom of BrycheiniogPre-congregation
Feast: 17 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
510
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Nectan, sometimes styled Saint Nectan of Hartland, was a 5th-century holy man who lived in Stoke, Hartland, in the nowadays English, and at the time Brythonic-speaking, county of Devon, where the prominent St Nectan's Church, Hartland is dedicated to him.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Adwen Saint Brother or sister“According to historian Nicholas Orme, Adwen was identified in the original tradition as a brother of Nectan of Hartland, but subsequently misclassified by Charles Henderson in the 18th century as female.” — Wikipedia
- Almedha Saint Brother or sister
- Brychan Brycheiniog Saint Father, Parent
- Cynog Saint Brother or sister
- Dingad of Llandingat Saint Brother or sister
- Dwynwen Saint Brother or sister
- Gwen of Talgarth Saint Brother or sister
- Gwladys Saint Brother or sister
- Keyne Saint Brother or sister
- Mabyn Saint Brother or sister
- Morwenna Saint Brother or sister
- Saint Endelienta Saint Brother or sister
1 more
- Tydfil Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints — St Nectan, 17 June — 'ST NECTAN (Sixth Century?) The tomb of St Nectan at Hartland in Devonshire was the centre of a veneration...' — feast 17 June matches. Also named in Stanton's Menology.
- Wikidata Q2308964 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Nectan of Hartland (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.