Saint Breaca of Cornwall

Also known as

• Branca
• Banka
• Breague

Memorial

• 4 June
• 27 October on some calendars

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Brigid of Ireland. Missionary to Cornwall, England c.460. Worked with Saint Crewanna and Saint Elwin.

Born

• 5th-century in East Meath, Ireland

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Breaca of Cornwall“. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 June 2013. Web. 18 June 2013. <>