holidays

Christian feast day: Geraint of Dumnonia

Historical image related to Christian feast day:
Geraint of Dumnonia from August 10, null

Geraint

Character from Welsh folklore

Geraint is a character from Welsh folklore and Arthurian legend, a valiant warrior possibly related to the historical Geraint, an early 8th-century king of Dumnonia. It is also the name of a 6th-century Dumnonian saint king from Briton hagiographies, who may have lived during or…
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Dumnonia

Historic kingdom in Sub-Roman Britain

Dumnonia is the Latinised name for a Brythonic kingdom that existed in Sub-Roman Britain between the late 4th and late 8th centuries CE in the more westerly parts of present-day South West England. It was centred in the area of modern Devon, but also included modern Cornwall and…
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