Mybbard and Mancus
Two 6th-century Cornish saints, martyred and venerated locally.
Mybbard and Mancus were two Cornish saints of the 6th century. They are associated with local traditions of martyrdom and are commemorated together in the region.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 5th century
- Birthplace
- Ireland
- Died
- 6th century
- Place of death
- Cardinham
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Feast day
- Thursday before Whitsun
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Meubred
Mybbard, also called Mewbred, Mebbred, or Calrogus, was a sixth-century hermit and a Cornish saint. Tradition holds that he was the son of an Irish king. Details of his life are scarce, but records state that the pagan ruler Melyn ys Kynrede beheaded him along with two others in what is now the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey, near Fowey, Cornwall. Later accounts recast him as an Irish prince. The writer William Worcester describes him as an Irish king’s son who became a hermit in Cornwall. He lived at the same time as Saints Mannacus and Wyllow. A stained glass window in the church of St Neot shows him holding an extra head in his hands, alongside an image of St Mabyn. His remains are believed to lie in the shrine of the Church of St Meubred in Cardinham, where he is venerated as the patron saint. The only church dedicated to him is St Meubred’s in Cardinham, within the Diocese of Truro.
Manaccus
Manaccus, also called Manaccan or Mancus, was a sixth-century Welsh monk and saint who served as abbot at Caer Gybi on Holyhead, Anglesey, and collaborated with Saint Cybi of Caernarvon. It is possible that Mannacus is the same figure as Mancus, a hermit and companion of Mybbard. According to Robert Bracey, Mancus is buried in the church at Lanreath, about two miles from Fowey, though the canons of Launceston maintain his grave is in the parish of Lanteglos. Both are remembered on the Thursday before Whitsunday, together with Saint Wyllow, who was beheaded at the same time. William of Worcester introduced the account of these three martyrs by noting they were three brothers under the name of Saint Genesius, each carrying his own head, with one being the archbishop of Lismore. In Cornwall, the parish of Manaccan in the Diocese of Truro is named for him. His feast day is 14 October.
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