Saint Saint Edern

Saint Edern was a monk of the end of the ninth century, feast 26 August (31 August or 1 September by the old liturgical calendar). The Welsh Edern ap Nudd appears to be identical with Edern of Brittany, whose cult was important in Finistère. After living in two hermitages in Wales, Edern settled in Brittany. He first evangelised Plouédern. Accompanied by his sister Jenovefa (who could be a figure of St. Genevieve, or St. Genevieve herself), he then settled in Ker ar Zant in Edern. They took a road leading to a high summit on which he built a house for his sister and a simple hut for himself. The name of Edern, Finistère comes from the hermitage of Saint Edern. Three main legendary stories concern him: Edern died at Lannedern, where his tomb is located, at an unknown date, on 1 September. There is a church dedicated to Saint Edern in Edern, Gwynedd. St. Edern was invoked under the name of Sancti Egidii, especially to combat eye diseases.