Saint Meriadoc of Vannes
Also known as
- Meredith
- Meriadec
- Meriasek
- Meryasek
Profile
Wealthy 6th–7th century lord of a large manor, he sold it off and gave the procedes to the poor. Hermit at Rohan, Brittany, France. Ordained by Saint Hingueten. Bishop of Vannes, France in 666. Subject of a wholly fictional medieval play in vernacular Cornish. Legend says that a bell from his church in Stival in Brittany would cure deafness and migraines if placed against the head of the sufferer.
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MLA Citation
- “Saint Meriadoc of Vannes“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 August 2017. Web. 7 December 2019. <>