Saint Cumgar

Also known as

• Concarius
• Congar
• Cungar
• Cyngar
• Docuinus
• Doguinus
• Kew
• Oue

Memorial

• 7 November

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Son of Geraint, prince of Devon. Founded and served as abbot at monasteries in Badgworth and Congresbury in Somerset, England, and in Llangennith, Wales. Bishop in the area that became the Diocese of Bath and Wells, England. Died while on pilgrimage to the Holy Lands. Congresbury, England was named after him.

Born

• c.470 in Devon, England

Died

• November 520 in Jerusalem of natural causes
• relics interred in Congresbury, England

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Cumgar”. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 October 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-cumgar/>