Saint Bieuzy of Brittany

Also known as

• Beuzi
• Beuzit
• Bieuzi
• Bihi
• Bihui
• Bihuy
• Bihy
• Bilhwi
• Bizuy

Memorial

• 24 November

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Gildas the Wise. Followed Gildas in his work in Brittany (part of modern France). Monk. Known for his gift healing men and animals. Murdered by a nobleman refusing the man’s summons to heal some rabid dogs; Bieuzy stayed at the monastery for religious services. Martyr.

Born

• 6th century in Anglo-Saxon Britain

Died

• stabbed in the head with a sword in the 7th century
• a healing spring of water appeared on the place he died in Pluvigner, France; it’s supposed to extremely effective against toothache, rabies, headaches and dog bites
• relics enshrined in the church in Pluvigner

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bieuzy of Brittany”. Saints.SQPN.com. 1 March 2010. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-bieuzy-of-brittany/>