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St. Breaca (Born c.AD 486) (Welsh: Breaga; Latin: Briacus; English: Breage) King Gereint
Llyngesog (the Fleet Owner)'s daughter, Princess Breaca,
left Dumnonia to become a nun at St. Brigid's foundation of Campus Breacae
in Ireland. She later returned to her home Kingdom with Saints Sinwin,
Germoe, Elwen, Crowan and Helen. She built churches first at Pencair, then
Trenwith and Talmeneth. She finally retired to the village named after
her, Breage. |
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