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Digain

A son of King Constantine of Cornwall, venerated as a saint.

Feast
November 21old style December 4
Era
5th century
Place
Constantine Corneu

Life

Saint Digain was a son of Constantine Corneu, king of Dumnonia, in what is now the south-⁠west of England, and lived in the fifth century.

According to tradition the village of Llangernyw in north Wales, whose name means the church of the Cornishman, is named after him. The sources give no other details of his life. He is a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 21 November (New Calendar).

Commemorated the same day November 21