Saint
Thivisiau
A Breton saint from the age of the undivided Church.
Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.
- Era
- 7th century
Life
Thivisiau is a more or less mythical Breton saint, also known as Gwisiau, not officially recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. He is honored in Brittany, in the Finistère region. He is often identified with Saint Turiau, perhaps wrongly.
No detail of his life is known, apart from what might come from Turiau if he is the same person. Traces of his cult are seen in present-day Brittany. At Landivisiau in Finistère there is a fountain of Saint Thivisiau, and the name of the town means in Breton "the church of Saint Thivisiau". The pardon (patronal festival) is held on the second Sunday of October. In the chapel of Saint Visias at Guiclan, from the 16th century, stands a statue of the saint shown as a bishop. Saint Visias (Vizien or Bizien) could well be another name for Thivisiau, and the fact that the pardon there is held on the same day strengthens the suspicion.
Being a figure almost without history, this note should be received as uncertain.