Winwaloe
Sign in to saveWinwaloe (; ; or ; – 3 March 532) was the founder and first abbot of Landévennec Abbey (literally "Lann of Venec"), also known as the Monastery of Winwaloe. It was just south of Brest in Brittany, now part of France.
Person
- Born
- 0460-00-00
- Died
- 0532-00-00
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Winwaloe
- Saint.death_date
- 3 March 532
- Saint.feast_day
- 3 March
- Saint.venerated_in
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchCatholic Church
- Saint.image
- Saint Guénolé (d'après le buste en argent du reliquaire de Locquénolé).jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 250px
- Saint.caption
- Portrait of a silver bust of Saint Guénolé, 1901
- Saint.death_place
- Landévennec Abbey
- Saint.patronage
- Fertility
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Key dates
- Born
- 460
- Died
- 532
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Armorica
- Place of death
- Landévennec Abbey
- Father
- Fragan
- Mother
- Gwen Teirbron
- Sibling
- Wethenoc
- Position held
- abbot
- Student of
- Budoc
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Winwaloe (; ; or ; – 3 March 532) was the founder and first abbot of Landévennec Abbey (literally "Lann of Venec"), also known as the Monastery of Winwaloe. It was just south of Brest in Brittany, now part of France.
==Life== thumb|right|200px|St Winwaloe's Church, Gunwalloe Winwaloe was the son of Fragan (or Fracan), a prince of Dumnonia, and his wife Gwen the Three-Breasted, who had fled to Brittany to avoid the plague.