Saint Germochus or Germoe was an early 6th century saint active in Cornwall and Brittany. He is the patron saint of the parish of

Germoe Germoe ( kw, Germogh) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Germoe village, the parish's main settlement and church town, is about five miles (8 km) west of Helston and seven miles (11.3 km) east of Penz ...

in Cornwall. He is said to have been a king and one of the companions of St

Breage Breage or Breaca (with many variant spellings) is a saint venerated in Cornwall and South West England. According to her late hagiography, she was an Irish nun of the 5th or 6th century who founded a church in Cornwall. The village and civil pari ...

(they were Irish missionaries who landed at Hayle). His shrine in Germoe church was a place of pilgrimage until the Reformation. In the churchyard is St Germoe's Chair, no doubt connected to the cult of the saint but in what way is unclear.Ellis, P. B. (1992) ''The Cornish Saints''. Penryn: Tormark; p. 13 According to legend Germoc was a king in Ireland whose feast day is 6 May.

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