Saint Tanguy of Locmazhé, or Sant Tangi in

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, († 594) was a

monk from Gerber ( Le Relecq). He founded the abbaye de Saint Matthieu at

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and is buried at Locmazhé (

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). Saint Tanguy is celebrated on 19 November, the day after the festival of his sister Aude de Trémazan, or on 12 March, the same day as the festival of his spiritual father, Saint Pol Aurélien.

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Medieval Breton saints 594 deaths Year of birth unknown French Christian monks 6th-century Breton people 6th-century Christian monks {{saint-stub