Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
the Fourth Week of Lent
There are 15 days til Easter!
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Bible Dictionaries
Gildas the Wise, Saint

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Gilbertines
Next Entry
Giles de Coninck
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

Confessor, born possibly Dumbarton, Scotland, c.516;died Houat, Brittany, c570 He studied in Wales and Ireland, where he was ordained. He retired to the isle of Houat, and subsequently founded a monastery at Rhuys on the mainland. He is the earliest British historian; "De excidio Britannire liber querulus" is his chief work. Patron of several churches and monasteries in Brittany and elsewhere; invoked against rabies. Relics in cathedral of Vannes. Feast, January 29,.

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Gildas the Wise, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​g/gildas-the-wise-saint.html. 1910.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile