Gwenhael, Saint
Gwenhael, Saint
Confessor , Abbot of Landevennec, died Landevennec, Brittany, c.518. The son of a Breton chieftain, he accompanied Saint Winwaloe to Landevennec, 489, where he entered the monastic life. He was elected abbot , 532 . He journeyed to Britain and Ireland , where he abolished the last of the pagan customs. Returning to Brittany, he established foundations at Cornouailles, 546. Patron of Landevennec, Corbeil, and Vannes. Represented causing a spring to gush forth. His body, preserved at Corbeil, was lost during the Revolution. Feast , 3 November .