Gildas
Sign in to saveGildas (English pronunciation: , Breton: Gweltaz; ) – also known as , (in Middle Welsh texts and antiquarian works) and (Gildas the Wise) – was a 6th-century British monk best known for his religious polemic , which recounts the history of the Britons before and during the coming of the Saxons. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during the sub-Roman period, and was renowned for his Biblical knowledge and literary style. In his later life, he emigrated to Brittany, where he founded a monastery known as Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 516?
- Died
- 570?
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Gildae, cui cognomentum est sapientis
- Opus novum
- Opera omnia
- The story of the loss of Britain
- Rervm britannicarvm, id est Angliæ, Scotiæ, vicinarvmqve insvlarvm ac regionvm
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- 7,050
- Total plays
- 21,141
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Gildas
- Saint.death_date
- 570 (traditional)
- Saint.feast_day
- 29 January
- Saint.venerated_in
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic ChurchAnglican Communion
- Saint.image
- Statue St-Gildas 07082.jpg
- Saint.caption
- Statue of Saint Gildas near the village of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys (France).
- Saint.birth_place
- Kingdom of Strathclyde
- Saint.death_place
- Rhuys, Brittany
- Saint.titles
- Abbot
- Saint.attributes
- Monk holding a Celtic bell or writing in a book
- Saint.patronage
- Welsh historians; bell founders
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 500
- Died
- 29 January 570
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Strathclyde
- Place of birth
- Cheshire
- Place of death
- Rhuys Peninsula
- Occupation
- monk
- Position held
- abbot
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Student of
- Illtud
Article
13 sectionsContents
- Hagiography
- Birthplace
- Life
- Biographies
- ''De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae''
- Veneration
- Further traditions
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Gildas (English pronunciation: , Breton: Gweltaz; ) – also known as , (in Middle Welsh texts and antiquarian works) and (Gildas the Wise) – was a 6th-century British monk best known for his religious polemic , which recounts the history of the Britons before and during the coming of the Saxons. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during the sub-Roman period, and was renowned for his Biblical knowledge and literary style. In his later life, he emigrated to Brittany, where he founded a monastery known as Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys.
==Hagiography==