Guirec

Venerable Guirec was, according to oral tradition, a Welsh monk of the sixth century who wished to found a monastery in Celtic Brittany. He chose the district of Traou-⁠Perros as his place, and the legend says that he arrived in a stone trough drawn by angels and landed on the little beach that bears his name. A shrine of the twelfth century, the Oratoire de Saint-⁠Guirec, stands in the bay at Ploumanac'h. For centuries women have come to ask his protection for their husbands at sea, and young women to find a husband.

He is honoured in Brittany, where a traditional procession (pardon) is held on the eve of the Ascension of the Lord.