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Wise, Gildas the, 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 'Wise, Gildas the, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​w/wise-gildas-the-saint.html. 1910.
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