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Gildas the Wise, Saint
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Confessor, born possibly Dumbarton, Scotland, c.516;died Houat, Brittany, c570 He studied in Wales and Ireland, where he was ordained. He retired to the isle of Houat, and subsequently founded a monastery at Rhuys on the mainland. He is the earliest British historian; "De excidio Britannire liber querulus" is his chief work. Patron of several churches and monasteries in Brittany and elsewhere; invoked against rabies. Relics in cathedral of Vannes. Feast, January 29,.
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Entry for 'Gildas the Wise, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/g/gildas-the-wise-saint.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Gildas the Wise, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/g/gildas-the-wise-saint.html. 1910.
