Saint
Balay
A saint venerated in the Western Church, of whom few details survive.
- Feast
- July 12old style July 25
- Reposed
- 5246th century
Life
Balay (Valay, Balley, Biabailus) died in 524 and was lord of Rosmadec in Brittany in the 6th century. He was a disciple of Saint Winwaloe (Guénolé), who called him to his monastery of Landévennec, in the diocese of Quimper. He became a monk there, then a hermit on the mountain of Penflour, near Châteaulin and Ploermellac. He is patron of Ploubalay in Côtes-d'Armor, which still honours his holiness and miracles. He is commemorated on 12 July, in the Western calendar (new style). His name is found in Lanvallay, Ploubalay and Saint-Valay, a village of Taden. A Breton saint venerated locally.
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