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Why does the Catholic Church only recognize 3 of the 300 or more Breton saints?

Because the  others were wearing sunglasses! Only three Breton 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 no specific procedure for canonization and if the Bishop and congregation spontaneously decided to worship a deceased monk or priest, then his relics would be enshrined and he would be made a saint. The Breton saints belonged to a older era which measured and defined their saintly contributions in a different way, and not simply in terms of martyrdom, miracle-working and spiritual perfection. Often the Breton 'saints' were the semi-monastic clergy who supervised the migration from Britain to Brittany from the 6th century onwards  and served their flock in both spiritual and political roles.   Also, the concept of 'saintliness' has changed.  In the early...

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

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 ...

What's so special about this beach?

    This is the Plage des Grands Sables on the Ile de Groix (Finistère, Brittany).  The  Île de Groix [Breton:  Enez Groe ] is 7km long and 3km wide making it Brittany's second largest island.  Lorient is only 14km away and several ferries a day sail to and from the mainland.  The name comes from Breton- Cornish:  grou(an), gro(en), ‘ sand’,   ‘pebble’, ‘gravel’, ‘shingle’ [Welsh:  gro(eon) ]. It  was first settled by Saint Tudy,  a 6 th C disciple of Saint Guenolé at Landévennec, who also founded monasteries at St Tudy ( Cornwall),  Loctudy and Landudec (Finistère). Île  Tudy [Breton: Enez Tudy ] ( Finistère ) is named after him too - but despite its name it is actually a peninsula.  Île de Groix  is famous for three things: 1. Pointe des Chats in the southeast is a geologial treasure trove with more than 60 different minerals including the rare green-blue glaucophan...