Ethbin

Holy Venerable Ethbin was born in Britain and lived around 600, a disciple, according to Breton tradition, of a great founder of monasteries in Brittany. He is a saint of the undivided Church.

Western sources call him a disciple of Saint Samson, while Breton tradition names Saint Winwaloe. He was ordained deacon and served at the monastery of Taurac until the Franks destroyed it. He then withdrew into solitude, first in the woods of Brittany and then in Ireland, where he lived as a hermit near Kildare. In Brittany he is also called Yban; he founded a priory from which the town of Châteaulin grew, and he was invoked for a good apple harvest, with offerings of cider. Breton tradition says he reposed on 14 November, aged eighty-⁠three.

He is commemorated on 19 October, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).