Carannog (Carantocus)
St Carannog, by Sebastien Boyesen, 2011
Photo © Martin Crampin
Photo © Martin Crampin
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Martin Crampin and David Parsons (eds), The Cult of the Saints in Wales, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, (2023)
https://saints.wales/saint/39 (accessed 21 Nov. 2024)
https://saints.wales/saint/39 (accessed 21 Nov. 2024)
Feast Day: 16 May
Most calendars list the feast day as 16 May, although others list it as either 15 May or 17 May.More information
Texts
Two short Latin Lives survive in the British Library Cotton manuscript Vespasian A.xiv, and a further Latin Life is found in the Breviary of the Church of Léon, printed in 1516.Short Latin Life preserved in Cotton Vespasian A.xiv, perhaps twelfth century.
The beginning of a Latin Life, preserved in Cotton Vespasian A.xiv, perhaps twelfth century.
Short Latin Life found in the Breviary of the Church of Léon, printed in 1516.
Places
Carannog is associated with the coastal village of Llangrannog, in Ceredigion, although there is evidence for a further lost place-name of Capel Crannog further down the coast near Cardigan. | Church Dedication |  | Well |  | Placename |  | Landscape feature |  | Modern |  | Text |
Further reading
S. Baring-Gould and John Fisher The Lives of the British Saints (London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1908), 78–90 View online
Elissa Henken Traditions of the Welsh Saints (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1987), 152–5, 331–2
S. Baring Gould 'Saint Carannog' in Y Cymmrodor (1902)
Images
There are several twentieth-century depictions of the saint in stained glass in churches in Wales, including one (with Curig) at Llangrannog. A series of scenes from the Life of Carannog can be found at the church at Carantock in Cornwall. A modern statue by Sebastien Boyesen stands on the cliffs at Llangrannog.View images of Carannog on the Stained Glass in Wales website
