Saint
Landuanna
Mother of Saint Pompeia and wife of King Eusebius, known from Breton tradition; very little is recorded.
Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.
- Era
- 5th century
Life
Landuanna is known only through the life of her daughter, Saint Pompeia. According to a dictionary of Breton saints cited in the article used as the source, Pompeia (also called Aspasia) was the daughter of King Eusebius and of Saint Landuanna. Having come from the British Isles to Armorica in the sixth century, Pompeia married Hoel the Great, who ruled Armorica, and had seven children, among them the saints Tudwal and Seva.
The source says nothing else about Landuanna herself. The date of 2 January, attached to her name in the record, is the feast of Saint Pompeia, not a known day of her own. She is counted among the saints of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the source.