Saint

Conan of Cornwall

Bishop of Cornwall

A bishop honored in Cornwall, England; few details of his life survive.

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Era: 10th century
Order: Hierarchs

Life

Conan of Cornwall was a bishop of Cornwall, nominated by King Æthelstan and consecrated between July 924 and 932. He died between 946 or 953 and November 955. According to the historian D. P. Kirby, it was almost certainly in 936 that Æthelstan established Bishop Conan at St Germans.

The sources consulted show no canonization or feast day.