Gurthiern (also Guthiern, Gunthiern, and Gunthiernus) was a
Welsh prince. According to the ''Vita sancta Gurthierni'', he became a hermit in
Brittany
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and founder of an
abbey
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at
Kemperle (
Quimperlé
Quimperlé (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern France.
Geography
Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km t ...
). He is a
Catholic
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and
Orthodox
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Religion
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saint with a
feast day
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on 3 July.
References
External links
Online text of the ''Vita''''Heiligenlexikon-1858'' entry
Welsh royal saints
Medieval Breton saints
5th-century Christian saints
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