deaths
March 3, 532
Winwaloe, founder of Landévennec Abbey (born c. 460)
Winwaloe
Winwaloe was the founder and first abbot of Landévennec Abbey, also known as the Monastery of Winwaloe. It was just south of Brest in Brittany, now part of France.
Landévennec Abbey
Landévennec Abbey is a Benedictine monastery at Landévennec in Brittany, in the department of Finistère, France. The present monastery is a modern foundation at the site of an early mediaeval monastery, of which only ruins survive.