Saint Tudwal (born - died ), also known as Tual, Tudgual, Tugdual, Tugual, Pabu, Papu, or Tugdualus (Latin), was a Breton monk, considered to be one of the seven founder saints of Brittany.
Life Tudwal was said to be the son of Hoel Mawr (Hoel I) and his wife, Pompeia, and a brother of Saint Leonorus.Monks of Ramsgate. “Tugdual”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 17 December 2016 Tudwal travelled to Ireland to learn the scriptures, and then became a hermit on Saint Tudwal's Island East, off the coast of North Wales. Tudwal later immigrated to Brittany, settling in Lan Pabu with 72 followers, where he established a large monastery under the patronage of his cousin, King Deroch of Domnonée. He traveled to Paris to obtain confirmation of the land grant from King Childebert I, who insisted he be Bishop of Tréguier.Butler, Alban. "St. Tudwal", Lives of the Saints
Tudwal is shown in iconography as a bishop holding a dragon, now the symbol of Tregor. His feast day is celebrated on 1 December.Farmer, David. "Tudwal", The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, 5th ed., OUP, 2011
Tro Breizh (Breton for "Tour of Brittany") is a pilgrimage that links the towns of the seven founding saints of Brittany. These seven saints were Celtic monks from Britain from around the 5th or 6th century who went to Brittany to minister to the Britons who had settled there after the Anglo-Saxon incursions in their homeland.Taylor, Thomas. The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall, Longmans, Green & Company, 1916, p. 52 Among the first bishoprics was Tréguier, Saint Tudwal's town.
Notable namesake Tugdual Menon
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See also Blessed Julian Maunoir, "Apostle of Brittany" St Tugual's Chapel, chapel named after St Tudwal St Tudwal's Church, Barmouth, church named after St Tudwal Saint Tudwal's Islands Llanstadwell, the name derives from the dedication of the parish and 12th century church to St Tudwal
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