Tudy

Saint Tudy was a Breton saint of the fifth or sixth century, a disciple of Saint Brioc, honoured in Brittany and in Cornwall. He is also called Tudinus, Tegwin, Thetgo or Tudec.

He lived first as a hermit and then as an abbot near Landévennec in Brittany, where he is said to have founded a monastery. Like Brioc, he spent some time in Cornwall, where a church and a parish still bear his name; the village of Saint Tudy in Cornwall and Île-⁠Tudy at the mouth of the River Odet recall him. Some accounts hold that he was a disciple of Saint Maudez, and Corentin and Brioc are counted among his companions. His memory is kept on 11 May, and in some places on 9 May.