Saint Brannock

Saint Brannock

Infobox Saint
name= Brannock
birth_date= 6th century
feast_day= 26 June or 7 January.
venerated_in=Anglican Communion and Roman Catholicism
birth_place= supposedly Wales
death_place= Braunton in North Devon
major_shrine= Braunton in North Devon (destroyed)

Saint Brannock was a Christian saint associated with the village of Braunton in the English county of Devon.

Brannock is believed to have migrated from South Wales to establish a monastery at Braunton in the 6th century. He is believed to have been buried there. It is also believed that he built his church on a hill overlooking Braunton, but it has since collapsed. In a dream he was told to look for a sow and piglets for the site to build his new church. This story is commemorated in one of the stained glass windows and in a roof beam of the present St Brannock's Church in Braunton.

Braunton celebrates St Brannock's Day each 26 June, but Exeter Cathedral celebrates his feast day on 7 January and 7 April. The latter may be a conflation with Saint Brynach with whom some identify him.


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