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Nectan of Hartland

5th c. Welsh and Cornish saint

SaintKingdom of BrycheiniogPre-congregation

Feast: 17 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
510
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Nectan, sometimes styled Saint Nectan of Hartland, was a 5th-century holy man who lived in Stoke, Hartland, in the nowadays English, and at the time Brythonic-speaking, county of Devon, where the prominent St Nectan's Church, Hartland is dedicated to him.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

  • Adwen Saint Brother or sister
    “According to historian Nicholas Orme, Adwen was identified in the original tradition as a brother of Nectan of Hartland, but subsequently misclassified by Charles Henderson in the 18th century as female.” — Wikipedia
  • Almedha Saint Brother or sister
  • Brychan Brycheiniog Saint Father, Parent
  • Cynog Saint Brother or sister
  • Dingad of Llandingat Saint Brother or sister
  • Dwynwen Saint Brother or sister
  • Dyfnan Saint Brother or sister
  • Gwen of Talgarth Saint Brother or sister
  • Gwladys Saint Brother or sister
  • Keyne Saint Brother or sister
  • Mabyn Saint Brother or sister
  • Morwenna Saint Brother or sister
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Sources

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