Winwaloe

Saint

Winwaloe
Portrait of a silver bust of Saint Guénolé, 1901
Died3 March 532
Landévennec Abbey
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Catholic Church
Feast3 March
PatronageFertility

Winwaloe (Breton: Gwenole; French: Guénolé; Latin: Winwallus or Winwalœus; c. 460 – 3 March 532) was the founder and first abbot of Landévennec Abbey (literally "Lann of Venec"), also known as the Monastery of Winwaloe. It was just south of Brest in Brittany, now part of France.