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Carantoc

5-6th-century abbot, confessor, and Welsh saint

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Also known as Carannog · Cairnech

Birthplace: Ceredigion
Citizenship: Wales
Positions held: abbot
Languages spoken, written or signed: Welsh

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Carannog was a 6th-century Welsh saint, abbot and confessor. He is the founder of the Llan at Llangrannog in Ceredigion, Wales, as well as other monastic sites across Somerset, Cornwall, Brittany and Ireland.

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Sex or gender: male
Residence: Ceredigion
Canonization status: saint
Floruit: 550
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1.Stated in Dictionary of Welsh Biography
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Feast day: May 16
Relative: Ceredig Ceredigion kinship to subject: grandson
Father: Ceredig Ceredigion

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