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Saint Gwinear
cornish saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 23 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
350
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Cornwall, Saint Fingar or Gwinear, martyr.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 23 March as a martyr in Cornwall.
Connected on this site
- Anselm of Canterbury Saint“The Life of Gwinear was written in the early 14th century by a priest named Anselm, and has sometimes been printed among the works of Anselm of Canterbury.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2045593 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Gwinear (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.