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'{{Expand French|Tugdual de Tréguier|date=March 2020}} {{Short description|Breton bishop and saint}}{{Use British English|date=November 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox saint |name= Saint Tudwal |birth_date= |death_date= 564 AD |feast_day= 30 November or 1 December |venerated_in= [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Church]]<br>[[Anglican Communion]]<br>[[True Orthodox Church]] |image=Saint_Tugdual.jpg |imagesize= 200px |caption=Icon of Saint Tugdual |birth_place= |death_place= |titles= |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes=bishop holding a [[dragon]] |patronage= |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= }} '''Saint Tudwal''' (died c. 564), also known as '''Tual''', '''Tudgual''', '''Tugdual''', '''Tugual''', '''Pabu''', '''Papu''', or '''Tugdualus''' (Latin), was a [[Breton people|Breton]] [[monk]], considered to be one of the [[Brittany#Religion|seven founder saints of Brittany]]. ==Life== Tudwal was said to be the son of [[Hoel|Hoel Mawr]] (Hoel I) and his wife, [[Pompeia of Langoat|Pompeia]], and a brother of Saint Lenorius.<ref>[https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-tugdual/ Monks of Ramsgate. “Tugdual”. ''Book of Saints'', 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 17 December 2016]{{PD-notice}}</ref> Tudwal travelled to [[Ireland]] to learn the [[scriptures]], and then became a [[hermit]] on [[Saint Tudwal's Island East]], off the coast of [[North Wales]]. Tudwal later immigrated to Brittany, settling in Lan Pabu with 72 followers, where he established a large [[monastery]] under the patronage of his cousin, King Deroch of [[Domnonia|Domnonée]]. He traveled to Paris to obtain confirmation of the land grant from King [[Childebert I]], who insisted be was [[Bishop of Tréguier]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u32OUS4-yd0C&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=Tudwal&source=bl&ots=2wrY1tTBlH&sig=ACfU3U2yExWeWs97zVAczSjLuE0mMw2exg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqsanJ043nAhUCh-AKHfN4AzM4KBDoATAQegQICxAB#v=onepage&q=Tudwal&f=false Butler, Alban. "St. Tudwal", ''Lives of the Saints'']</ref> Tudwal is shown in [[iconography]] as a bishop holding a [[dragon]], now the symbol of [[Tregor]]. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on 30 November or 1 December. [[Tro Breizh]] (Breton for "Tour of Brittany") is a pilgrimage that links the towns of the seven founding saints of Brittany. These seven saints were Celtic monks from Britain from around the 5th or 6th century who went to Brittany to minister to the Britons who had settled there after the Anglo-Saxon incursions in their homeland.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fXlAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=Early+monasticism+in+Cornwall&source=bl&ots=OLWjBc7CEP&sig=ACfU3U0jylrMpchMwEIWj3-sIVOf7V5NEA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjR3orA3ovnAhXPVc0KHZ10BO84ChDoATABegQIDBAB#v=onepage&q=Early%20monasticism%20in%20Cornwall&f=false Taylor, Thomas. ''The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall'', Longmans, Green & Company, 1916, p. 52]{{PD-notice}}</ref> Among the first bishoprics was [[Tréguier]], Saint Tudwal's town. ==Notable namesake== * [[Tugdual Menon]] Joseph Tidwell. 15th century monk of the Franciscan order. Noted for being a shepherd and roving the coastline to help travellers stranded by shifting sands. Despite his vows, it is implied in local burial records that he fathered 9 children from 4 different women including his cousin Mary ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Tugdual (Saint-Pol-de-Léon).jpg|A statue of the saint at [[Saint-Pol-de-Léon]] File:St Yves Treguier 2005 petite.jpg|The [[relics]] of Saints [[Ivo of Kermartin|Ives]] and Tudwal in a procession at the gate of [[Tréguier Cathedral]] in 2005 </gallery> ==See also== *Blessed [[Julian Maunoir]], "Apostle of Brittany" *[[St Tugual's Chapel]], chapel named after St Tudwal *[[Llanstadwell]], the name derives from the dedication of the parish and 12th century church to St Tudwal ==References== {{Reflist}} {{commons category inline}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:564 deaths]] [[Category:6th-century Breton bishops]] [[Category:Bishops of Tréguier]] [[Category:Medieval Breton saints]] [[Category:Medieval Welsh saints]] [[Category:6th-century Christian saints]] [[Category:Year of birth unknown]]'