Celtic and Old English Saints june 4
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* St. Petroc of Cornwall
* St. Croidan, Medan, and Degan
* St. Edfrith of Lindisfarne
* St. Breaca of Cornwall
* St. Buriana of Cornwall
* St. Nennoc of Brittany
St. Petroc of Cornwall, Abbot ----------------------------------------
(also known as Petrock, Pedrog, Perreux) Died at Treravel, Wales, c.
594.
Cornwall's most famous saint was the son of a prince from southern
Wales.
Petroc studied theology in Ireland. He settled at Haylesmouth in
Cornwall,
had an active apostolate, and founded a monastery at Lanwethinoc (later
called Petrocston, now Padstow). After 30 years there, Petroc made a
pilgrimage to Rome and Jerusalem, at which time he is also reputed to
have
reached the Indian Ocean and lived for a time on an island as a hermit.
Returning to Cornwall, he founded another monastery at Little Petherick
(Nanceventon) with a mill and chapel, and a hermitage at Bodmin, where
Saint Goran met him. After meeting the hermit, Petroc travelled south.
He
built a cell for himself by the river and a monastery on the hilltop for
his twelve disciples, among which were Saints Croidan, Medan, and Degan.
Like several other hermit saints, Petroc had a special affinity with
wild
animals. Petroc was buried at Padstow, which became the centre of his
cultus. There are 18 churches dedicated to him in Devon, plus others in
Cornwall and south Wales. �