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Sulien

A Welsh holy monk who lived in Brittany.

Feast
July 29old style August 11
Era
6th century
Place
Brittany

Life

Sulien, also called Silin, was a monk of the sixth century, linked with Brittany. According to tradition, he founded a small monastery at Luxulyan in Cornwall. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 29 July (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 11 August of the civil calendar. We have no further details of his life.

Commemorated the same day July 29