Winwaloe

Winwaloe (; ; or ; – 3 March 532) was the founder and first abbot of Landévennec Abbey (literally "Lann of Venec"), also known as the Monastery of Winwaloe. It was just south of Brest in Brittany, now part of France.

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Saint.honorific_prefix: Saint
Saint.name: Winwaloe
Saint.death_date: 3 March 532
Saint.feast_day: 3 March
Saint.venerated_in: Eastern Orthodox ChurchCatholic Church
Saint.image: Saint Guénolé (d'après le buste en argent du reliquaire de Locquénolé).jpg
Saint.imagesize: 250px
Saint.caption: Portrait of a silver bust of Saint Guénolé, 1901
Saint.death_place: Landévennec Abbey
Saint.patronage: Fertility

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Commons category: Saint Guénolé
date of birth: 0460-00-00
date of death: 0532-00-00
name in native language: Guénolé de Landévennec

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==Life== thumb|right|200px|St Winwaloe's Church, Gunwalloe Winwaloe was the son of Fragan (or Fracan), a prince of Dumnonia, and his wife Gwen the Three-Breasted, who had fled to Brittany to avoid the plague.