S. JOAVAN, P. C.

(6TH CENT.)

[Venerated in Brittany. Authorities:--A Life by Albert Le Grand, and

the lections of the Church of S. Paul de Léon. Albert Le Grand wrote

his life in 1623, from old MSS. histories and legends preserved at

Léon in his time.]

This saint was an Irishman by birth, and nephew of S. Paul de Léon.

He studied with his uncle in Britain, and then returned to Ireland,

but hearing that S. Paul had gone into Brittany, he departed for that

country, and after having passed his noviciate in the monastery of

Llanaterenecan, under S. Judulus, he departed to Léon, and received

priest's orders from his uncle, who appointed him to the isle of Baz.

He is patron of two parishes in the diocese of S. Paul de Léon.

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