Skip to main content

If Breton, Welsh and Cornish towns were twinned according to their patron saints...

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.


Saint
Cornish
 (English)
Welsh
Breton
Branwalader
Saint Breward; St Brelade’s (Jersey)

Loc-Brevalaire (29; Saint-Broladre (35)
Buryan/Berrien
St Buryan

Berrien
Budoc
Budock; St Budeaux (Devon)

Beuzec-Cap-Sizun (29)
Brieuc/Breock
St. Breock
Llandyfriog
Saint-Brieuc (22); Saint-Brieuc-des-Iffs (35); Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron (56)
Cadoc

Llangadog, Cadoxton
Boqueho, Tonquédec (22); Pleucadeuc (56)
Canna

Langan (Camarthe); Langan (Glamorgan)
Langan (35)
Carantec/Carannog
Crantock

Carantec, Tregarantec (29)
Saint Columba
St Columb Major

Plougoulm (29); Saint-Colombe (35)
Clet/Clether
St Clether, St Cleer

Saint-Clet, Cléder (29)
Collen

Llangollen
Langolen
Corentin
Cury

Coray (29)
Curig/Guirec

Capel Curig, Llangurig
Perros-Guirec (22) ; Locquirec (29)
Daniel/Deiniol

Llandeiniol
Saint-Denoual




Dona/Donan

Llanddona
Pluduno,  Saint-Donan, Saint-Thonan (22)
Edern

Bodedern, Llanedern
Edern, Lannedern (29)
Eo
St Ewe

Le Bodéo (22)




Ergat

Llaneugrad
Louargat (22)
Germain
St Germans
Capel Garmon, Llanarmon
Plogastel-Saint-Germain (29) ; Saint-Germain-du-Pinel, Saint-Germain-en-Coglès, Saint-Germain-sur-Ille (35)
Hia/Iä/Ive
St Ives

Plouyé (29)
Illdut

Llanilltud Fawr (Llantwit Major)
Lanildut
Issey
St Issey

Plouisy
Kenan/Ké
Kea

Saint-Connan, Saint-Quay-Portrieux, Saint-Quay-Perros (22)
Maeloc/g

Llanfaelog
Lanvellec (22); Pleumeleuc (35); Plumelec (56)
Maeoc
Feock

Coëtmieux, Plémy, Saint-Mayeux (22); Guimaëc, Lanvéoc, Saint-Nic, Trémeheuc (35)
Maudez/Maudan
Saint Mawes



Lanmodez, Plumaudan, Lanmodez, Saint-Modez (22) ; Lanvaudan (56)
Melar
Mylor

La Malhoure (22) ; Confort-Meilars (29); Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes (35)
Merin/Merryn
St Merryn
Bodferin, Llanverin
Lanmerin (22)
Meugan/Mawgan
Saint Mawgan-in-Pydar, Saint Mawgan-in- Meneage
Llanfeugan, Capel Meugan
La Meaugon (22); Saint-Maugan (35)
Neot
St Neot’s; St Neot’s (Cambs)

Plenée-Jugon (22)
Non
Altarnon

Dirinon, Lennon (29)
Noyal
St Newlyn East

Noyal (22); Noyal-sous-Bazouges, Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche, Noyal-sur-Vilaine (35); Noyal Pontivy (56)
Petroc
Padstow (Pedroc-stowe), Little Petherick
Saint Petrox, Llanbedrog
Lopérec (29); Saint-Perreux (56)
Piran/Perran
Perranzabuloe, Perranporth, Perranuthnoe, Perranarworthal

Querrien (29); Saint Péran (35);
Rien/Rhian

Llanrhian
Plurien, Saint-Adrien, Plérin, Kerien (22)
Ronan/Ruan
Polruan, Ruan Major, Ruan Minor, St Ruan.


Saint-René (22); Locronan, Saint-Renan (29);
Samson
St Sampson; Samson (Scilly Is.)

Saint-Samson-sur-Rance (22)
Senan
Saint Sennen
Llansannan
Plouzané (29)
Sioc/Seoc
Lansioch, Lanzeague

Lancieux (22)
Sithney/Sezni
Sithney

Trézeny (22); Guissény (29)
Sulien
Luxulyan (Lan Sulian)

Llansilin, Eglwys Sulian
Plussulien, Saint-Julien (22)
Tei/Dei
St Day

Lothey (29)
Telio/Thélo

Llandeilo
Plédéliac, Saint-Thélo (22); Landéleau (29)
Tyfai/Dyfei


Llandyfei, Landyfeisant
Plouzévédé (29); Saint-Avé (56)
Winnow
St Winnow

Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux (22); Plouigneau (29); St Guinoux, Saint-Uniac (35).

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Breton Saints and Place Names

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. Seven Saints of Brittany There are over 400 Breton saints whose names identify them as the founders of 'parishes' ( places starting with  plou/ple/plo/pleb/ploe/poul/pleu/plu), of ' monasteries' or 'abbeys' (place names that start with lan or lann) and  ' villages' (these are the tre/trev/dref names), or simply as the venerated patrons of villages that have taken their name (there are nearly 200 communes which have names that start with Saint). ST. CORENTIN Only three of these saints are recognized by the Catholic Church: St. Yves (12-13th century); St. Corentin (Bishop of Quimper, 5th century) and St. Clair (the first Bishop of Nantes in the 3rd century).  This is because up to the 10th century there was n...

Why all the Ermine?

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. The ermine ( Mustela erminea ) a.k.a. stoat or short-tailed weasel  is the national emblem of Brittany. Its much sought after white winter coat was used for the cloaks, crowns and caps of the aristocracy. Ermine The eleven 'ermine spots' which form the pattern in the top left corner of the Breton flag represent the way the black-tipped tails were hung on the white fur.  This heraldic ermine canton was a feature of the arms of the Dukes of Brittany.  Breton flag with ermine canton The story goes that Anne de Bretagne,  the last independent Breton ruler and the wife of two successive French kings,   saw a group of hunters chasing after an ermine. When the ermine reached the edge of a muddy lake the er...

What really links place names in Brittany, Cornwall and Wales (apart from a few hundred Celtic saints)?

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. Place Name Elements in Breton, Welsh and Cornish (with examples and English gloss) BRETON CORNISH WELSH ENGLISH EXAMPLES C=Cornwall; W= Wales aut , alt, aod alt, als, aulz allt hill, slope, cliff Duault (22), Nansalsa (C), Allt-golau (W) ael ael ael summit, brow, ridge Hirael (35), Aelbryn (W) aval aval, avallen afal, afallen apple Availles-sur-Seiche (35), Rosevallen (C), Dolafallen (W) aon, aven auon, awan afon river Pont-Aven (29); Arrowan (C), Aberavon (W) arcae - argae dam, embankment Erquy (22), Argae Alwen (W) ard, art, arz are, ard, arth ardd ...