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Branwalator

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claimed that the body itself was at Branston (or Branscombe) in Devon, and Leland referred to a chapel of Saint Breward near Seaton. The proper name of Milton Abbey is the Abbey Church of St. Mary, St. Samson and St. Branwalader.
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was built from local stone. There are nearby stone circles. However, the village dates back to pre-Norman times when it was a series of small hamlets suspended along the western edge of Bodmin Moor.
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monk, who is said to have been a bishop in Jersey, although at the time, Jersey would have been part of the
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In Cornwall, the saint is known as St Breward. St Breward's church is the highest in Cornwall, located on
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of Saint Branwalator has been strong at least from the 10th-century when his name could be found in
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he has feast days on 9 February and 6 June; 19 January maybe the day of the translation of his
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There is also a St Breward's Well in Cornwall which is situated close to
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in Jersey is thought to date from the 10th or 11th century.
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However, it is believed that Branwalator worked with Saint
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He may also have travelled with Samson to 322:quarrying industry from ancient times; the 382: 368: 360: 142:, he also gives his name to the parish of 29: 250:and moved them to Milton Abbey in 935. 282:, he has sometimes been confused with 7: 154:or Brélade and Broladre in French. 98:19 January (translation of relics) 25: 1091:Æbbe "the Younger" of Coldingham 1634:Hwita of Whitchurch Canonicorum 304:The Parish Church of St Brelade 1086:Æbbe "the Elder" of Coldingham 1: 391:Saints of Anglo-Saxon England 1731:6th-century Christian saints 809:Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet 1266:Eosterwine of Monkwearmouth 774:Æbbe of Thanet (Domne Eafe) 1752: 1377:Florentius of Peterborough 1196:Ceolfrith of Monkwearmouth 1736:6th-century Breton people 1534:Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury 1316:Sigfrith of Monkwearmouth 925:Cyneswith of Peterborough 511:Æthelburh of Faremoutiers 506:Æthelberht of East Anglia 1619:Frithestan of Winchester 1604:Earmund of Stoke Fleming 1171:Billfrith of Lindisfarne 1126:Æthelwold of Lindisfarne 1035:Regenhere of Northampton 596:Sigeberht of East Anglia 551:Cuthbald of Peterborough 290:(Benedictines, Farmer). 266:. His feast was kept at 138:. Believed to come from 1721:Medieval Cornish saints 1690:Urith of Chittlehampton 1644:Margaret of Dunfermline 1539:Beornstan of Winchester 1524:Benignus of Glastonbury 1514:Æthelwold of Winchester 1504:Æthelnoth of Canterbury 1362:Firmin of North Crawley 1357:Augustine of Canterbury 1246:Eardwulf of Northumbria 1226:Eadfrith of Lindisfarne 1216:Eadberht of Lindisfarne 1201:Ceolwulf of Northumbria 1111:Æthelgyth of Coldingham 950:Eadweard of Maugersbury 804:Deusdedit of Canterbury 799:Berhtwald of Canterbury 1726:Medieval Breton saints 1716:Channel Islands saints 1680:Juthwara of Sherbourne 1649:Swithhun of Winchester 1589:Eadweard the Confessor 1499:Æthelgar of Canterbury 1479:Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury 1422:Theodore of Canterbury 1407:Mellitus of Canterbury 1402:Laurence of Canterbury 1387:Honorius of Canterbury 1231:Eadwine of Northumbria 1221:Eadfrith of Leominster 1101:Ælfwald of Northumbria 985:Frithuwold of Chertsey 920:Cynehelm of Winchcombe 915:Cyneburh of Gloucester 890:Beorhthelm of Stafford 865:Æthelmod of Leominster 829:Nothhelm of Canterbury 814:Eanswith of Folkestone 753:Indract of Glastonbury 576:Hiurmine of Blythburgh 556:Eadmund of East Anglia 475:Patrick of Glastonbury 354:The Saints of Cornwall 294:Churches and locations 189:in the parish name of 168:ancient diocese of Dol 111:, also referred to as 27:Medieval British saint 1654:Wulfsige of Sherborne 1579:Eadgyth of Polesworth 1569:Eadburh of Winchester 1564:Dunstan of Canterbury 1509:Æthelwine of Athelney 1489:Ælfheah of Winchester 1484:Ælfheah of Canterbury 1448:Lewina of Bishopstone 1438:Cuthflæd of Lyminster 1382:Hadrian of Canterbury 1367:Birinus of Dorchester 1306:Oswine of Northumbria 1301:Oswald of Northumbria 1146:Balthere of Tyningham 1131:Alchhild of Middleham 1106:Æthelburh of Hackness 1040:Rumbold of Buckingham 980:Frithuswith of Oxford 955:Ealdgyth of Stortford 940:Eadburh of Southwell 860:Æthelberht of Bedford 855:Ælfthryth of Crowland 794:Albinus of Canterbury 758:Maildub of Malmesbury 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Index

Branwalader
Armorica
Anglicanism
Catholic Church
shrine
Milton Abbas
Dorset
Feast
British
saint
Milton Abbas
Dorset
Branscombe
Devon
Brittany
Saint Brélade, Jersey
British
ancient diocese of Dol
Samson
Channel Islands
St Brelade
Cornwall
St Breward
Brittany
Exeter martyrology
Cornish king
feast day
Jersey
Cornwall
relics

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