Ninnoc
5th‑century Welsh‑Breton abbess, Christian saint, founder of a double monastery in Brittany, and reputed protector of women and the poor
Feast: 4 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Ninnoc or Ninnog of Breton (c. 414 – c. 4 June 467), also known as Nenooc, Nennoca, Nennocha, Ninnoc, Ninnocha, and Gwengustle, was an early medieval abbess born in Wales who died in Brittany. The text of Vita Sanctae Ninnocae (The Life of Saint Ninnoc), preserved in the Cartulary of Quimperlé, provides knowledge of her life and work.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Gwen ferch Cynyr Saint Brother or sister
- Gwen of Talgarth Saint Brother or sister
- Stanton's Menology of England and Wales — St Ninnoc, 4 June — Stanton's Menology, the fourth day (of June): ‘At Plœmeur, in Brittany, the festival of St. NINNOC, Virgin and Abbess.’ Feast 4 June matches the record. Local file $S/martyrologies/menologyofenglan00stan.txt.
- Wikidata Q3464537 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ninnoc (CC BY-SA)
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