St. Sampson church, Golant
- St. Sampson church, Golant
St. Sampson’s church is in the village of Golant, Cornwall, UK. It is open every day of the year, holds services every Sunday and evening prayer every Thursday evening at 6 O’clock. Its choir sings every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month.
Tour of the church
St Sampson’s features in Simon Jenkins book ‘England’s thousand best churches’ where it is described as ‘warm and welcoming. However the famous poet sir John Betjeman, claimed its pews were the most uncomfortable in Cornwall!
Saint Sampson
Although Cornwall has more saints than any other county in the UK, Saint Sampson is the one we know the most about. He sometimes stayed in Golant and still appears in some stained glass windows in the church. Many Cornish saints travelling across Ireland to the south Cornish coast, stopped on the way and may have stopped in or near the village. There is now a footpath, (The saints way) popular with walkers which runs from Padstow on the north coast to Fowey passing through the village and past the church. St Sampson then travelled to Brittany and became the archbishop of Dol.
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