Padarn
Sign in to savePadarn (; ; ; ? – 550 AD) was an early 6th century British Christian abbot-bishop who founded Saint Padarn's Church in Ceredigion, Wales. He appears to be the same individual as the first bishop of Braga and Saint Paternus of Avranches in Normandy. Padarn built a monastery in Vannes and is considered one of the seven founding saints of Brittany. His early vita is one of five insular and two Breton saints' lives that mention King Arthur independently of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.
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- Born
- 0500-01-01
- Died
- 0510-04-15
- Works
- 1
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Key facts
- Saint.name
- Saint Padarn
- Saint.image
- File:Saint Patern.jpg
- Saint.image_size
- 210px
- Saint.caption
- Eastern Orthodox-style icon of Saint Padarn.
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- Anglican CommunionEastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic Church
- Saint.canonized_date
- pre-Congregation
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 500
- Died
- 15 April 510
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Wales
- Place of birth
- Wales
- Place of death
- Vannes
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Position held
- diocesan bishop
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Vannes - cathédrale, vitrail des saints Patern et Mériadec Detail Padarn.jpg
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Life
- Padarn and Arthur
- Paternus of Avranches
- Veneration
- Notes
- Bibliography
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Padarn (; ; ; ? – 550 AD) was an early 6th century British Christian abbot-bishop who founded Saint Padarn's Church in Ceredigion, Wales. He appears to be the same individual as the first bishop of Braga and Saint Paternus of Avranches in Normandy. Padarn built a monastery in Vannes and is considered one of the seven founding saints of Brittany. His early vita is one of five insular and two Breton saints' lives that mention King Arthur independently of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.
==Life== The Vita Sancti Paterni, a major source for biographical details of Padarn, may be an epitome of a previous and more extensive source. According to the Vita Sancti Paterni, Padarn is Armorican by race, born to "Petran, his father, and Guean, his mother". His parents "dedicated themselves to Christ" and Petran left Letavia (modern Brittany) for Ireland. Thomas Wakeman names Padarn a nephew of Hoel of Cornouaille. However, Canon G. H. Doble believes Padarn was likely Welsh, and was later confused with Breton saints of the same name.