Tudwal

Tugdual, Breton Tudwal ( Tudal, Thual ), also Pabu - " Father Abbot " (* 490; ? † November 30 in Tréguier 553 ) was a Christian evangeliser in Brittany and, according to later tradition, the first Bishop of Tréguier. He is a saint of the Catholic Church, Patron of the Cathedral of Tréguier and one of the "Seven founder saints" ( sept saints fondateurs ) Brittany. His feast day is November 30.

Life

Tugdual, so tradition has it, was a boy convent school in Llantwit Major on the south coast of Wales. About 25 - years old, he sat with a large number of companions on the mainland. Background is likely to be the emigration of the Bretons from the UK. In later named after him Saint- Pabu he founded a monastery, whose abbot he was. After some time, he set out with several monks to the mission hike. He converted many of his immigrant countrymen to Christianity and founded with the support of tribal leaders numerous monasteries. His most important founding the abbey was Treguier, a convent diocese after iroschottischem model, from which developed the diocese Tréguier. By King Childebert I, he obtained confirmation of his 532 start-ups. It is said that the people of Tréguier had demanded his elevation to bishop.

Worship

The relics of St. Tugdual be kept in the Cathedral of Treguier along with those of Saint Yves in a gilded shrine, the Archbishop of Paris Hyacinthe -Louis de Quélen founded in the 19th century.

A Breton legend, Tugdual have attended on pilgrimage in Rome the funeral of a pope. When a white dove settled on him, he was proclaimed successor and had the office of Leo V ( 903 pontificate! ) Exercised for several months, until he appeared a white horse and carried him back through the air after Tréguier. To Tugduals Holy attributes, therefore in addition to the episcopal insignia includes white dove.