
St Marnarck also known as Manaccus was a bishop who became the
patron saint
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of
Lanreath
Lanreath ( kw, Lannreydhow) is a civil parish and a village in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated five miles (8 km) west-northwest of Looe. The name Lanreath (pronounced Lanreth) means 'church (Lann) of Rayd ...
. According to
William Worcester
William Worcester, also called William of Worcester, William Worcestre or William Botoner (1415) was an English topographer, antiquary and chronicler.
Life
He was a son of another William of Worcester, a Bristol whittawer (worker in white leat ...
his body lay in the church of Lanreath. He is commemorated in one of the stained glass windows of
St Neot parish church. His
feast day is 3 August.
[David Hugh Farmer, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Saints''; 5th rev. ed. (]Oxford University Press
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, 2011)
(here)
[Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed., rev. by Enid Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 92.]
See also
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Mannacus
Mybbard and Mancus were two Cornish saints of the 6th century.
Meubred
Mybbard (Mewbred or Mebbred),also known as Calrogus was a 6th century hermit and is a local Cornish saint said to be the son of a King of Ireland.
Very little is known ...
References
Year of birth unknown
Medieval Cornish saints
British monks
6th-century Christian saints
6th-century English people
6th-century Christian monks
6th-century English clergy
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