Austol

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name=Austol
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feast_day=28 June
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion


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Saint Austol was a 6th century Cornish holy man who lived for much of his life in Brittany.

He was a companion of Saint Meven in the foundation of the Abbey of Saint-Méen in Brittany. Meven is said to have been his godfather. The parish and village of St Austell in Cornwall is named in his honour. He is regarded as a saint, with a Breton feast day of 28 June and a Cornish one of the thursday of Whitsun.

References

*Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. "The Penguin Dictionary of Saints". 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.