Evette

Saint Evette (Évette) of Esquibien is patron of the fishermen of the bay of Audierne in Brittany. Since the fifteenth century her name has been successively Dezmat, Dumette, Damet, Devet, Eavet and Évette. She is thought to have been one of the companions of Saint Ursula, in the fourth century, and the sister of Saint Devet, patron of Plozévet. According to the legend, Saint Edwett arrived at Penhors by boat with her brother Saint Demet in the fourth century. Then she came to this place to live alone and is said to have died there in 383. The fishermen of the bay of Audierne long venerated her as protector. At Esquibien a chapel is dedicated to her and bears her name. She is a locally venerated saint, in the Western tradition.