Saint Branwalader
Breton & Cornish saint
Feast: 6 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Branwalator or Breward, also referred to as Branwalader, was a British saint whose relics lay at Milton Abbas in Dorset and Branscombe in Devon. Believed to come from Brittany, he also gives his name to the parish of Saint Brélade, Jersey. "Brelade" is a corruption of "Branwalader". He is also known as Breward or Branuvelladurus or Brélade and Broladre in French.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Samson of Dol Saint Teacher
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales (Catholic, imprimatur), 19 January — 19 January: 'At Middleton Abbey, in Dorsetshire, the translation of St. Branwallator, Bishop and Confessor', with the note that King Athelstan enriched his foundation at Middleton (Milton Abbas) with the relics he collec
- Wikidata Q4957715 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Branwalator (CC BY-SA)
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