Pompeia of Langoat explained

Saint Pompeia of Langoat
Death Date:AD 545
Feast Day:2 January
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church
Birth Place:Domnonée, Brittany
Death Place:Langoat, Brittany
Titles:Queen of Brittany
Attributes:Queen holding a distaff, book at her feet
Major Shrine:Langoat

Saint Pompeia (in Latin: Alma Pompeia or in Breton: Koupaia [1]), also known as Aspasia, is a legendary Breton saint who supposedly lived in the 6th century. Her feast day is celebrated on 2 January.

Legendary biography

According to the life of her son, Tudwal, Pompeia was the sister of King Riwal II of Domnonée.[2] Tradition at Langoat further asserts that she became one of the wives of the fictional King Hoel Mawr (or the Great) who was invented by Geoffrey of Monmouth as a supposed overlord of all Brittany.[3] After being exiled in Britain for some years, Pompeia eventually returned to her husband's kingdom with her daughter, Saint Scaeva, and her son, Saint Tudwal. She settled near the monastery of Tréguier, founded by the latter, and died where the church of Langoat stands today. Her relics are still preserved there and a shrine has been erected to her memory.

Family

Saint Pompeia was the mother of:

Breton legacy

Notes and References

  1. Couffon . R . 1938 . Répertoire des Eglises et Chapelles du Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier . Directory of Churches and Chapels of the Diocese of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier . French . Société d'émulation des Côtes-du-Nord Bulletins et Mémoires . 70 . 188–189 . 25 July 2021.
  2. Book: Le Grand, Albert . 1837 . Les Vies des Saints de la Bretagne-Armorique . Brest & Paris . 783–797.
  3. Web site: St. Tugdual alias Tudwal . Ford . David Nash . 201 . Early British Kingdoms . Nash Ford Publishing . 25 July 2021.