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Saint

Rumon

A British bishop honored at Tavistock in Devon.

Feast
August 30old style September 12
Era
6th century
Place
Tavistock

Life

Rumon was a British bishop, honoured as the patron of Tavistock in Devon in England. The village of Romansleigh in Devon is named after him. He is believed to have lived in the sixth century. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 30 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 12 September of the civil calendar. We have no further details of his life.

Commemorated the same day August 30