Gurthiern (also Guthiern, Gunthiern, and Gunthiernus) was a
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
prince. According to the ''Vita sancta Gurthierni'', he became a hermit in
Brittany and founder of an
abbey at
Kemperle (
Quimperlé). He is a
Catholic and
Orthodox
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Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...
saint with a
feast day
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ...
on 3 July.
References
External links
Online text of the ''Vita''''Heiligenlexikon-1858'' entry
Medieval Welsh saints
Medieval Breton saints
5th-century Christian saints
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