{{short description, None A number of religious figures in Brittany have contributed to its history.

The Seven Founder Saints of Brittany

Each of the Seven Founder Saints was eventually ordained bishop. The only native Breton was St Tudwal. The other founders came from Wales, Ireland and Cornwall. * St. Tudwal – traditionally the son of King Hoel I and cousin of the King of Domnonée; made Bishop at insistence of Childebert * St. Pol – created Bishop by Childebert; student of Saint Illtud * St. Brieuc – student of Saint

Germanus of Auxerre Germanus of Auxerre ( la, Germanus Antissiodorensis; cy, Garmon Sant; french: Saint Germain l'Auxerrois; 378 – c. 442–448 AD) was a western Roman clergyman who was bishop of Autissiodorum in Late Antique Gaul. He abandoned a career as a h ...

* St. Malo – disciple of Saint Brendan * St. Padarn – a friend of

Saint David Saint David ( cy, Dewi Sant; la, Davidus; ) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail ab ...

; made Bishop by the Patriarch of Jerusalem; his life story evidence of the existence of

King Arthur King Arthur ( cy, Brenin Arthur, kw, Arthur Gernow, br, Roue Arzhur) is a legendary king of Britain, and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In the earliest traditions, Arthur appears as a ...

* St. Corentin of Quimper – first bishop of Quimper * St. Samson of Dol – student of Saint Illtud; ordained Bishop by Bishop Dubricius

Monasteries of Brittany

Mont Saint-Michel Mont-Saint-Michel (; Norman: ''Mont Saint Miché''; ) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island lies approximately off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is ...

- lost to Normandy when conquered by William I, Duke of Normandy * Monastery of St. John at

Gaël Gaël (Gallo: ''Gaèu'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It lies southwest of Rennes between Saint-Méen-le-Grand and Mauron. In the 18th century, a fair was held twice a year in August and Oc ...

* Monastery of Paimpont

Other Saints and other Holy Persons

*St Yves - Ivo of Kermartin - patron saint of lawyers *Saint Darerca of Ireland - Saint (recognized), Queen of Brittany *Saint Salomon - Saint (by tradition), King of Brittany * Saint Judicael - son of a Hoel; King of Domnonia & then Brittany; declared a saint at death * Saint Armel - dragonslayer; a son of a Hoel; Breton prince of the 6th century. *

Saint Méen Mewan ( la, Mevennus, br, Meven, french: Méen)Mavenus, Mevenus, Mevennus, Meven, Mewan, Maine. (born ca. 540, died 617) was a Celtic saint active in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. Most documentation of his life can be found in the Breton 'Vita ...

- Abbott *Saint

Austol Saint Austol ( cy, Austel; la, Austolus) was a 6th-century Cornish holy man who lived much of his life in Brittany. He was a friend of Saint Méen, who founded the Saint-Méen Abbey in Brittany. Méen is said to have been his godfather. The ...

- an associate of Saint Meen *Saint Judoc- never canonized; by tradition, son of Saint Judicael; renounced the Breton Crown to live as a hermit *

Saint Winnoc Saint Winnoc (c. 640-c. 716/717) was an abbot or prior of Wormhout who came from Wales. Three lives of this saint are extant ( BHL 8952-4). The best of these, the first life, was written by a monk of St. Bertin in the middle of the ninth centu ...

- Abbott of Wormhout in Wales, by tradition, son of Saint Judicael *Saint Louis de Montfort - Saint; canonized in 1947 *The Blessed Charles de Blois - once canonized a saint, Pope Leo set this aside at the request of John V Duke of Brittany; beatified in 1904 *The Blessed Julian Maunoir - beatified in 1951

Bishops and Dioceses

*Ancient

Metropolitan of Tours The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Turonensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Tours'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd cent ...

- Archbishop of Tours -

Archdiocese of Tours The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Turonensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Tours'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd cent ...

- All Breton Dioceses were subordinate to Tours until Rennes was raised to an archdiocese. The Duke of Brittany attempted to make Dol the archdiocese in charge of Breton Dioceses, but this was rebuffed by Rome in favor of Tours, and eventually the Diocese of Dol ceased to be an archdiocese. * Ancient Archbishop of Dol - The Ancient Diocese of Dol reached the peak of its ecclesiastical powers around the 10th century, but lost the privileges of an archdiocese. The Bishop ceased to use the title archbishop in the 1700s. The diocese was subsequently split between the Archdiocese of Rennes and the Diocese of St. Brieuc and Treguier. * Archbishop of Rennes - Held the privilege of crowning the new Duke of Brittany. Currently the highest-ranking dioceses within the Roman Catholic Church's organization for Brittany. The archdiocese has 8 suffragans: Outside of Brittany: Diocese of Angers, Diocese of Laval, Diocese of Le Mans, Diocese of Luçon; Within Brittany: Diocese of Nantes, Diocese of Quimper, the Diocese of Saint-Brieuc and Treguier, and the Diocese of Vannes. *Ancient Bishop of Kerne - Diocese of Kerne ( Diocese of Cournouaille);merged into Dioceses of Quimper *Ancient Bishop of

Saint-Brieuc Saint-Brieuc (, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. History Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who Christianised the region in the 6th c ...

for the Ancient Diocese of Saint-Brieuc; merged into the modern diocese of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier *Ancient Bishop of St Pol de Leon - Diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Leon- merged into the modern Diocese of Quimper *Ancient Bishop of St. Malo -

Ancient Diocese of Saint-Malo The former Breton and French Catholic Diocese of Saint-Malo ( la, Dioecesis Alethensis, then la, Dioecesis Macloviensis, label=none) existed from at least the 7th century until the French Revolution. Its seat was at Aleth up to some point in the ...

also known as the Diocese of Poutrocoet; divided amongst the modern Dioceses of Rennes, St Brieuc and Trequier, and Vannes. *Ancient Bishop of Treguier -

Diocese of Treguier In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associ ...

; parts are merged into the modern diocese of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier and the modern Diocese of Quimper * Bishop of Nantes - Diocese of Nantes * Bishop of Quimper - Diocese of Quimper (Formerly part of the Diocese of Cornouailles); the modern Diocese includes the former Diocese of Cornouailles, St-Pol-de-Leon and parts of Treguier *Bishop of St Brieuc and Trequier - Diocese of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier * Bishop of Vannes- Diocese of Vannes - the modern diocese covers the Morbihan History of Brittany