Maeoc

Saint Maeoc (also called Mayeux, Mieux or Mic) is a nearly unknown Breton saint of early medieval Brittany, an anchorite who is nevertheless traditionally honored in several Breton parishes. His existence remains hypothetical.

He is said to have lived alone in the wood that bears his name, today Coëtmieux in the Côtes-⁠d'Armor, and to have been buried there around 540. While the presbytery of Coëtmieux was being built, the ruins of an ancient building were found, believed to be the abbey of Saint-⁠Mieux. His relics were kept until the 17th century in a shrine beneath the high altar of the church of Coëtmieux, and were then shown to the faithful; the parish depended on the diocese of Dol. Others consider him an itinerant missionary monk, a disciple of Saint Samson. According to tradition he was one of the twelve companions of Saint Kirec. He may be the same as the saint Méloir. His name survives in several places in Brittany, among them Guimaëc, Lanvéoc, Tréméoc and Saint-⁠Nic.