Saint Tudwal of Tréguier

Also known as

• Tugdual
• Tual

Memorial

• 30 November

Profile

Cousin of King Deroc of Dumnonia. Monk in Wales. Friend and co-worker with Saint Briarch. Evangelized in Brittany. Founded the monastery of Lan Pabu at Leon, Spain. Bishop of Tréguier (Treher), Brittany. Advisor to King Childebert I. Several sites in the Leyn Peninsula of Wales bear his name.

Born

• 6th century Welsh

Died

• c.564
• relics claimed by French churches in Tréguier, Laval, and Chartres

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Tréguier, France

Representation

• bishop using his stole as a leash on a dragon

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Tudwal of Tréguier“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 May 2013. Web. 18 May 2013. <>