Update: Quimper-Vannes has moved to a new site: https://quimpervannes.substack.com/ This Blogger site is now an archive. New articles, extracts and launch news for the English edition and French translation will appear on Substack. See: King Arthur lived in Brittany Saints, place names and a story that took root Saint Goeznovius/Gwyddno was a 6th century Cornish-born monk. He was a disciple of St Paul-Aurélian and later became Bishop of Léon. He founded a monastery at Langoeznou (now Gouesnou) in Finist ère and his name also appears at Saint-Gouéno in C ôtes d'Armor . Recently he has become famous because his ‘Life’ has an extraordinary Preface which outlines the career of King Arthur . This is one of the earliest recorded mentions of King Arthur. It comes from the Preface to the 'Life of Saint Goeznovius', written by William, Chaplain to Bishop Eudo of L éon. It was written in 1019, over 100 years before Geoffrey of Monmou...
The Origins and Place Names of Brittany