Seve

Saint Seve (also called Sève, Sev, Sewa or Loève) is a semi-⁠legendary saint of 6th-⁠century Brittany, remembered on 23 July. Very little is known of her; she is venerated locally, and the Church of Rome has not recognized her.

According to Albert le Grand (1637), she was the daughter of Hoël I, king of Domnonée, and of Saint Koupaia (Pompeia), sister of Saint Tudwal, the bishop, of Saint Lunaire and of Hoël II. Tudwal, traveling through Armorica with his disciples, received several lands as gifts and set monasteries on them. On the estate of the present village of Sainte-⁠Sève, near Morlaix, he founded around 530 an abbey for his sister, which has not survived.

She is the patroness of the parishes of Sainte-⁠Sève and Langoat. The island of Loaven, where she is said to be buried, in the chapel of Saint Elibouhan, is named after her.