Saint Edern


Saint Edern was a monk of the end of the ninth century, feast 26 August. He may have been from Ireland or Wales.

Biography

Legend suggests that Saint Edern left Cumbria, where he was from, to go evangelize in Brittany. Accompanied by his sister Jenovefa, he took a road leading to a high summit on which he built a house for his sister and a simple hut for himself.
Three main legendary stories concern him:
Edern died at Lannedern, where his tomb is located, at an unknown date, on 1 September.
St. Edern was invoked under the name of Sancti Egidii, especially to combat eye diseases.