Saint Briarch

Memorial

• 17 December

Profile

Monk in Wales. Friend and evangelist with Saint Tudwal. He founded a monastery in Guingamp, Brittany, France, and served as its first abbot.

Born

• Irish

Died

• 627 in Bourbiac, France of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

Readings

O holy Briach, thou dost teach us the value of renunciation, for thou didst renounce the world to seek salvation. Therefore we pray, that our lives may show forth the virtue of self denial and thereby attain the eternal salvation of our souls. - troparion of Saint Briach

MLA Citation

• “Saint Briarch”. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 December 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-briarch/>