Saint Carantoc | |
|---|---|
 Statue of St Carannog in Llangrannog | |
| Abbot | |
| Born | possibly Cornwall |
| Died | 6th century |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 16 May |
Saint Carantoc (Welsh: Carannog; Irish: Cairnech; Breton: Karanteg; Latin: Carantocus), also anglicized as Carantock, Carannog and by other spellings, was a 6th-century abbot, confessor, and saint in Wales and the West Country. He is credited with founding Llangrannog, Ceredigion, Wales[1] and St Carantoc's Church, Crantock.[1] His name is listed amongst the Cornish Saints. Carantoc's is one of five insular saints' lives and two Breton ones that mention Arthur in contexts that may be independent of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. He is venerated by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.
- ^ a b Life of Saint Carannog, translated in "Lives of the Cambro British saints," p. 396ff , 1853, Rev. William Jenkins Rees