Tanguy de Locmazhé

Saint Tanguy de Locmazhé (+ 594) was a Breton monk To stack (Relecq). It founded the abbey of Matthieu Saint to the Conquet. It is buried with Locmazhé (Finistere). Saint Tanguy is celebrated the November 19th, the shortly after the festival of holy Aude de Trémazan, his sister, or the March 12th, feastday of his spiritual father, holy pol. Aurélien.

The legend says that it was wire of a lord of Trémazan, close to Portsal. Sent to the court for its education, it left his sister Haude with the country. On her return his/her mother-in-law denounces this one like dishonouring the family and Tanguy kills it. The victim takes its head then and returns to the house to require the Sacrement S before dying. Horrified Tanguy repend severely and dedicates to the monastic life under the direction of the holy bishop pol. of Leon before basing with him on the Pointe Saint-Mathieu a news Abbaye, the Abbaye Saint-Mathieu of Fine-Ground, called in Breton Locmazhé (the loc of Mathieu). He also founded the abbey To stack. He is buried and venerated by all the Breton people with Locmazhé.

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