Manaccus

Manaccus was abbot of the monastery of Holyhead (Caer Gybi) in Wales in the seventh century. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church and is commemorated on 14 October, according to the Western calendar (new style).

He is thought to have reposed in Cornwall. His name is linked with that of Saint Cybi (8 November). According to tradition, the village of Manaccan, near Falmouth, is named after him. His earliest mention occurs in a charter of King Edgar, where Lesmanock is called "the place of the monks"; in Cornish, manach means monk. At Tregonwell stand the remains of an old chapel, which may be those of a hermit's cell. Some sources leave open the possibility that the patron of the place was a monk whose name has not been preserved.