Mybbard and Mancus were two Cornish saints of the 6th century.

Meubred

Mybbard (Mewbred or Mebbred),also known as Calrogus was a 6th century

hermit A hermit, also known as an eremite (adjectival form: hermitic or eremitic) or solitary, is a person who lives in seclusion. Eremitism plays a role in a variety of religions. Description In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Ch ...

and is a local Cornish saint said to be the son of a King of Ireland. Very little is known of his life though he is recorded as having been

beheaded Decapitation or beheading is the total separation of the head from the body. Such an injury is invariably fatal to humans and most other animals, since it deprives the brain of oxygenated blood, while all other organs are deprived of the ...

, with two others, by the pagan ruler Melyn ys Kynrede in what is today the parish of

Lanteglos-by-Fowey Lanteglos (Old kw, Nant Eglos, meaning ''church valley'') is a coastal civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the east side of the tidal estuary of the River Fowey which separates it from the town and civil parish of ...

, near Fowey,

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

. He was later re-invented as an Irish prince.

William Worcester William Worcester, also called William of Worcester, William Worcestre or William Botoner (1415) was an English topographer, antiquary and chronicler. Life He was a son of another William of Worcester, a Bristol whittawer (worker in white leather ...

names him as the son of an Irish king who became a Cornish hermit. He was a contemporary of St

Mannacus Mybbard and Mancus were two Cornish saints of the 6th century. Meubred Mybbard (Mewbred or Mebbred),also known as Calrogus was a 6th century hermit and is a local Cornish saint said to be the son of a King of Ireland. Very little is known ...

and St Wyllow. An image of him carrying an extra head in his hands is included in a stained glass window in the church of St Neot alongside St Mabyn. He is said to be interred within the shrine (scrinio) of Cardinham Church. Mybbard is regarded as the

patron saint A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or perso ...

Cardinham Cardinham ( kw, Kardhinan) (the spelling 'Cardynham' is almost obsolete) is a civil parish and a village in mid Cornwall, England. The village is approximately three-and-a-half miles (6 km), east-northeast of Bodmin. The hamlets of Fletche ...

. Taylor, Thomas. ''The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall: Divers Sketches and Studies''
(Longmans, Green and Co.) p. 126. There is a single dedication, the church of St Meubred,

, in the Diocese of Truro.

Manaccus

Church of St Manacca, Manaccan - geograph

Manaccus (Manaccan or Mancus) was a 6th-century

monk A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...

and pre-Congregational Saint of Wales. He was

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The ...

at Caer Gybi, Holyhead,

Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...

and worked with Saint

Cybi Saint Cuby (in Cornish) or Saint Cybi (in Welsh) was a 6th-century Cornish bishop, saint and, briefly, king, who worked largely in Cornwall and North Wales: his biography is recorded in two slightly variant medieval 'lives'. Life in Cornwal ...

of Caernarvon. Mannacus may be the same person as Mancus, Mybbard's companion and also a hermit. Mancus is said, on the authority of Robert Bracey, to lie in the church of

Lanreath Lanreath ( kw, Lannreydhow) is a civil parish and a village in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated five miles (8 km) west-northwest of Looe. The name Lanreath (pronounced Lanreth) means 'church (Lann) of Rayd ...

, two miles from Fowey. However, the canons of Launceston claim he was buried in the parish of Lanteglos. Both are commemorated on the ''Thursday next before Whitsunday'', along with Saint

Wyllow Wyllow was a Cornish hermit saint and martyr whose existence was reported by William Worcester. He was said to have been born in Ireland but worked in Cornwall. He was reputedly beheaded by Melyn ys Kynrede ("Melyn's kinfolk") in the parish of ...

, who was beheaded at the same time.

William of Worcester William Worcester, also called William of Worcester, William Worcestre or William Botoner (1415) was an English topographer, antiquary and chronicler. Life He was a son of another William of Worcester, a Bristol whittawer (worker in white lea ...

prefaced the account of the three martyrs by the sentence "there were three brothers under the name of St. Genesius and each carried his head, one of them archbishop of Lismore." In

the parish of

Manaccan Manaccan (; kw, Manahan) is a civil parish and village on the Lizard peninsula in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is about five miles (8 km) south-southwest of Falmouth. The origin of the name Manaccan is probably derived ...

in the Diocese of Truro is named for him.Saint Manacca
at Saints SQPN.com. His feast day is 14 October.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mybbard 6th-century Christian martyrs 6th-century executions Executed Irish people Medieval Irish saints of Cornwall Cephalophores 6th-century Irish people Medieval Cornish saints Irish expatriates in England Irish people executed abroad Executed Cornish people Year of birth unknown

Meubred

Manaccus

See also

References