- Saint Armel
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name=Armel
birth_date=Late 5th century
death_date=c. 570
feast_day=16 August
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birth_place=Glamorgan, Wales
death_place=Saint-Armel-des-Bochaux, Brittany, France
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issues=Saint Armel (Welsh: Arthfael ('Bear-Prince');
Latin : Armagilus) was an early 6th century holy man inBrittany .Armel is said to have been a Breton prince, born to the wife of King
Hoel while they were living inGlamorgan inWales in the late 5th century. It is conjectured that he andAthrwys ap Meurig may have been one and the same person. He founded the abbey ofPlouarzel in Brittany and was, from there, called to attend the court of KingChildebert I of Paris. On the journey, he established churches atErgué-Armel ,Plouharnel and Saint-Armel which remember his name. He remained seven years at the royal court, curing the lame and the blind. The king gave him land atSaint-Armel-des-Bochaux inIlle-et-Vilaine where he founded a secondmonastery . He then removed himself to the Forest of Teil and is said to have defeated a dragon which was terrorising the area. He died in his monastery around 570. His feast day is16 August .External links
* [http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/armelby.html Early British Kingdoms: St. Armel]
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