Saint Mewan June 21

Today is the Feast of Saint Mewan
A 6th century abbot, St Mewan was born in South Wales. He was a disciple of Samson and a companion of St Austell. Together they migrated from Wales to Brittany, through Cornwall, setting up churches along the way. Mewan founded one monastery in the forest of Broceliande and another in a place now called Saint-Mean. The cult of St Mewan spread all over France and there were once many pilgrimages to his shrine. He is patron of St Mewan and Mevagissey in Cornwall. Some of his relics are said to be at Glastonbury.

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