Saint Cybi / Saint Cuby | |
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Abbot of Caer-Gybi | |
Born | 483[1] Dumnonia (modern day Cornwall) |
Died | 8 November 555 |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodoxy Anglican Communion |
Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
Feast | 8 November 13 August in Cornwall |
Patronage | Cuby, Cornwall Landulph, Cornwall Llangibby, Monmouthshire, Wales Llangybi, Cardigan, Wales Tregony, Cornwall Kenwyn, Cornwall |
Saint Cybi (Welsh), or Cuby (Cornish), was a 6th-century Cornish bishop, saint, and, briefly, king, who worked largely in Cornwall and North Wales: his biography is recorded in two slightly variant medieval 'lives'.[2]