Saint Kea | |
|---|---|
| Confessor | |
| Born | probably Lothian |
| Died | early 6th century Cleder, Brittany |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church; Anglican Communion;Eastern Orthodox Church ; |
| Major shrine | Cleder, Brittany |
| Feast | 5 November |
| Attributes | hermit with a stag |
Kea (Breton and Cornish: Ke; French: Ké) was a late 5th-century British saint from the Hen Ogledd ("Old North")—the Brythonic-speaking parts of what is now southern Scotland and northern England. According to tradition he was chiefly active in Cornwall, Devon and Brittany, and his cult was popular in those regions as well as throughout Wales and the West Country. Fili or Filius, to whom the parish church of Philleigh is dedicated,[1] probably came from Wales and is said to have been a companion of Kea.[2]