Justinian of Ramsey Island

Justinian of Ramsey Island

Infobox Saint
name= Saint Justinian
birth_date=5th century
death_date=6th century
feast_day= 5 December
venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion


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birth_place= Brittany
death_place= Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire
titles=Confessor
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major_shrine=St David's Cathedral
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Saint Justinian (also Stinan, Jestin or Iestin) was a 6th century hermit who lived on Ramsey Island, near St. David's, in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire.

Traditional life

Tradition states that he was a Breton nobleman who settled on the island of Ramsey as a hermit. He was visited by Saint David who was so impressed with his holiness that he made him his confessor and Abbot of St David's Cathedral. However Justinian became disillusioned with the poor attitude of the monks at St Davids and took himself away the short distance to remote Ramsey Island to establish a more holy spiritual community. His more loyal monks followed him. Legend has it that he was eventually murdered by some disgruntled servants or monks fed up with his strict regime, it is said by beheading him. Apparently he picked up his head and crossed Ramsey Sound walking on the water carrying his head in his arms and his body was buried in the small ruined chapel which still stands on the mainland at St Justinian's, immediately opposite his island home.

Veneration

Justinian is listed on very ancient Welsh calendars of saints and martyrs and the Anglican church at Llanstinan, near Fishguard, is dedicated to him. His body was transported to the shrine of Saint David in St David's Cathedral. The remains of their supposed bones are housed in a casket in the Holy Trinity Chapel there, although the earliest of these have been carbon-dated to the 12th century.

External links

* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintj2g.htm Justinian]
* [http://www.orthodox.net/western-saints/justinian-hieromartyr-of-ramsey-island.html Hieromartyr Justinian of Ramsey Island]
* [http://www.geocities.com/colinswalesuk/StJustinians.html Wales Tourism: St Justinians]


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