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Gurthiern

Welsh-born Breton saint

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 3 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
450
Died
unknown
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Gurthiern (also Guthiern, Gunthiern, and Gunthiernus) was a Welsh prince. According to the Vita sancta Gurthierni, he became a hermit in Brittany and founder of an abbey at Quimperlé. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint with a feast day on 3 July.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources
  • Wikidata Q1659568 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Gurthiern (CC BY-SA)

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