Saint Joavan
- Memorial
- 2 March
- Profile
- Moved from Britain to Brittany to become the spiritual student of his uncle Saint Paul of Léon.
Monk at Landevennec, Brittany.
Co-adjutor with, and successor to Saint Paul.
At least two churches in Brittany are dedicated to him.
- Born
- 6th century Romano-Briton
- Died
- c.570 of natural causes;
buried at Plougen;
his tomb survives, but not his relics
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
Lives of the Saints, by Sabine Baring-Gould
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