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Also known as

• Sezin
• Sezni

Memorial

• 4 August
• 6 March on some calendars

Profile

Emigrated from Britain to Guic-Sezni, Brittany (in modern France) where he founded a monastery. A Breton legend says that God chose Sithney to be the patron of girls seeking husbands; the saint begged off, saying he would never get to rest, that he would rather take care of mad dogs than women. Sounded like a good idea to the Almighty, and ever since, sick or mad dogs have been given water from Sithney’s well as a tonic.

Born

• in the British Isles

Died

• c.529 of natural causes
• relics at the monastery of Guic-Sezni, Brittany, France

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against hydrophobia
• against rabies
• against mad dogs
• Sithney, Cornwall, England

MLA Citation

• “Saint Sithney“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 March 2017. Web. 22 May 2018. <>