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Saint Tudwal (died c. 564), also known as Tual, Tudgual, Tugdual, Tugual, Pabu, Papu, or Tugdualus (Latin), was a Breton monk, considered to be one of the seven founder saints of Brittany . Life. Tudwal was said to be the son of Hoel Mawr (Hoel I) and his wife, Pompeia, and a brother of Saint Leonorus. [1] .
Tutwal, King of Dumnonia. (Born c.AD 375) (Welsh: Tudwal; Latin: Theodowalaunus; English: Tudwold) He succeeded his father, Guoremor . He appears to have married the Emperor Magnus Maximus ' youngest daughter, Gratianna. He died about 425 and was succeeded by his son, Conomor .
Facts. Feastday: November 30. Death: 564. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable Catholic Saints PDFs. Shop St. Tudwal. Welsh monk and bishop, called Pabu (Father) among the Bretons and sometimes listed as Tugdual. Originally a monk in Wales, he journeyed to Brittany, France, with his mother, sisters, and other relatives.
Tudwal is shown in iconography as a bishop holding a dragon, now the symbol of Tregor. His feast day is celebrated on 30 November or 1 December. Tro Breizh (Breton for "Tour of Brittany") is a pilgrimage that links the towns of the seven founding saints of Brittany.
(c.AD 528-564) (Welsh: Tudwal; Latin: Theodovellaunus; English: Theowald) There are three extant 'Lives' of St. Tudgual. According to these, he was born in Britain but arrived in Brittany in one of the several waves of migrations across the English Channel.
Saint Tudwal's Islands ( Welsh: Ynysoedd Tudwal) are a small archipelago lying south of Abersoch on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales, at the western end of Tremadog Bay. They were referred to as the Studwells in the early 19th century.
Saint Tudwal, or Tugdual, is known as one of the Seven Patron Saints of Brittany. The Welsh monk Tudwal was one of the sons of King Hoel I Mawr (the Great). He traveled to Ireland from his father's home in Britain to learn the scriptures before becoming a hermit on Ynys Tudwal (St. Tudwal's Isle East) off the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales.
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