Saint Gervadius
Also known as
Garnat, Garnet, Gernad, Gerardin, Gerardine, Gernard, Gernardius, Gervat
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Hermit at Kenedor and Holyman Head in Scotland, where he lived in a cave. He would light torches at night to warn ships away from the dangerous rocks along the shore. His cave survived into the 19th century, being a place of pilgrimage before being quarried out. Legend says that once when he needed wood to complete construction of a church, a great storm struck upriver of him, washing enough timber down river to finish the work.
Born
Irish
Died
c.934
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