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Tudy of Landevennec
Breton saint of the 5th century
Feast: 11 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Tudy (Tudi, Tudec, Tudinus, Tegwin, Thetgo, Tydie) of Landevennec was a Breton saint of the 5th or 6th century. He was a hermit who founded monasteries at Landévennec in Brittany, France and in Cornwall, England. The village of St Tudy in Cornwall is named for him. He may have been a disciple of Maudez (Maudet, Mawes), after whom St Mawes is named. His companions may have included Corentinus and Brioc. Île-Tudy, on the mouth of the Odet, is named after him.
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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.
- Diocèse de Quimper et Léon — Église Saint Tudy, Loctudy — Breton monk of the 5th/6th century, founder of the hermitage at Île-Tudy, whose veneration moved to Loctudy; the parish churches of both Loctudy and Île-Tudy in the diocese of Quimper are dedicated to him, and he is kept on 9
- Wikidata Q3541856 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tudy of Landevennec (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.