Tibidy (Latin - ''insula Thopopegya'' or ''insula Thopepigia'') is a French islet at the mouth of the river
Faou, at the bottom of the
roadstead of Brest
The roadstead of Brest (''rade de Brest'') is a roadstead or bay located in the Finistère Departments of France, department in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. The surface area is about 180 km² (70 sq ...
, on land belonging to the commune of L'
Hôpital-Camfrout
Hôpital-Camfrout () is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
In French the inhabitants of Hôpital-Camfrout are known as ''Hospitaliers'' or ''Camfroutois''.
Interna ...
. Its highest point is 15m. The island houses a private manor and is linked to the mainland by a
spit.
A legend given in the life of Saint Guénolé by the
cartulary
A cartulary or chartulary (; Latin: ''cartularium'' or ''chartularium''), also called ''pancarta'' or ''codex diplomaticus'', is a medieval manuscript volume or roll (''rotulus'') containing transcriptions of original documents relating to the fo ...
of
Landévennec Abbey
Landévennec Abbey (french: Abbaye de Landévennec, Abbaye Saint-Guénolé de Landévennec) is a Benedictine monastery at Landévennec in Brittany, in the department of Finistère, France. The present monastery is a modern foundation at the site o ...
states that
Saint Guénolé, accompanied by 11 other disciples of
Saint Budoc, arrived from ÃŽle Lavret (archipelago of
Bréhat) on île de Tibidy and there set up an oratory. Three years later, they left the island and reached
Landévennec
Landévennec (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population
Geography
Landévennec is located on the Crozon peninsula, southeast of Brest.The river Aulne forms a natural boundary to the east. ...
, with the island then being given to Landévennec Abbey by
Gradlon
Gradlon the Great (''Gradlon Meur'') was a semi-legendary 5th century "king" of Cornouaille who became the hero of many Breton folk stories. The most famous of these legends is the story of the sunken city of Ys. He is supposed to have been the s ...
.
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Islands of Brittany
Landforms of Finistère