Carantoc
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Saint Carannog (Old Welsh:Carantog; ; ; , also anglicised as Carantoc or Carantock) was a 6th-century Welsh saint, abbot and confessor. He is the founder of the Llan at Llangrannog in Ceredigion, Wales, as well as other monastic sites across Somerset, Cornwall, Brittany and Ireland.
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Vinony's link graph records 28 inbound references to Carantoc, and connects out to Catholic Church, hagiography and Latin.
It is catalogued under topics including 6th-century Christian saints, 6th-century Welsh people and Arthurian characters.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Wales
- Place of birth
- Ceredigion
- Father
- Ceredig Ceredigion
- Position held
- abbot
- Languages spoken
- Welsh
- Image
- Statue of St Carannog, Llangrannog, Wales.jpg
- Residence
- Ceredigion
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- canonization status
- saint
- floruit
- 0550-01-01
- Commons category
- Saint Carantoc
- feast day
- May 16
- relative
- Ceredig Ceredigion
- P12749
- Dieter Müller
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Saint Patrick
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
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