Benignus of Glastonbury

Saint Benignus of Glastonbury is remembered in connection with the church of St Mary at Meare in Somerset, which belonged to Glastonbury Abbey. A legend says that the church was built on the site of a cell of the monk Saint Beonna (also Benen or Beon), who lived between the fifth and ninth centuries and was later confused with Saint Benignus of Armagh. His remains were moved to Glastonbury Abbey in 1091. No other details of his life have been kept. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally, without synodal canonization.