Tadek ( VI century ) - holy martyr from Armorica . Memorial Day - December 2 .
| Tadek | |
|---|---|
| Tadec | |
| Death | Dawlas |
| In the face | holy martyr |
| Day of Remembrance | December 2nd |
Saint Tadek, or Tudek [1] is a saint of early Armorica. He, the hieromonk of the Landevenneck monastery, in the VI century, according to legend, was killed by the ruler of Fau in the church of Doulas during a service. He is one of the Breton saints not officially recognized by the Catholic Church.
According to legend [2] , the lord Fau, being a pagan, committed a double crime in the church of Daulas:
- Upon learning that the abbots of the Cornish monasteries had gathered not far from his lands for the sake of unification, this sovereign (...), accompanied by a part of his subjects, locked the doors of the church, where there were enemies of his false beliefs. Saint Tadek (or Saint Tudek) was killed at the altar [3] ; Saint Jude was cut off his head when he fled to Landevenek. However, God avenged his servants. A terrible dragon devastated the village of Fau and its environs, the ruler became a victim of a crafty spirit, and it took all the strength of St. Paul , Bishop of Leon , to defeat the monster and heal the killer. The ruler, who became a Christian, founded the monastery of Daulas for his crime, which means two wounds , or two pains , in the place where Saint Jules was killed by him.
Notes
- ↑ Tad (Pays de galles), Tadd (Pays de galles), Tadog (Pays de galles), Tadeg (Bretagne), Tadou (Bretagne). From Celtic: Tad = Father
- ↑ Hippolyte Violeau, "La maison du cap", Revue étrangère de la littérature, des sciences et des arts , 1848
- ↑ Jacques Cambry, dans son Voyage dans le Finistère rapporte que saint Tadec fut tué au moment où il disait la messe, en train de prononcer ces mots: " nobis quoque peccatoribus "
Literature
- Hippolyte Violeau, La maison du cap , Revue étrangère de la littérature, des sciences et des arts, 1848
- Jacques Cambry, Voyage dans le Finistère