Wethenoc Explained

Wethenoc or Gwethenoc or Guethenoc was a 5th-century pre-congregational Breton saint.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Life

A son of Prince Fragan of Dumnonia and Saint Gwen the Three-Breasted of Brittany, he grew up at Ploufragan near Saint-Brieuc (in northwestern France) with his brothers, Winwaloe and Jacut. They were later joined by a sister, Creirwy. He was educated by Budoc of Dol on the Île Lavret near Paimpol.^[5] Wethenoc was also the half brother of Cadfan.

Notes and References

1. Baring-Gould, Sabine and Fisher, John. The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, volume 3, p. 38 (1911).
2. Butler, Alban. The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints, volume 1, p. 275 (Henry & Co. 1857).
3. Nicholas Orme, The Saints of Cornwall (OUP Oxford, 2000 pp225.)
4. Rodney Castleden, King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend (Routledge, 2003) p86.
5. Bowen, E. G. Saints, Seaways and Settlements, p. 189 (University of Wales Press 1969). (2nd ed. 1977).