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Samson, St

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Samson, St (c.485–c.565). Born in Wales, educated and ordained at Llantwit (South Glamorgan), Samson's missionary endeavours established his renown in Cornwall, the Channel Islands, and Brittany, where he spent his last years. Establishing the monastery at Dol (Brittany), with which he is linked, he is said to have founded many more in the province. After negotiations with King Childebert in Paris, for Brittany's rightful heir (555), he gained royal approval for a foundation at Pental (Normandy), and seems to have been a signatory at the Council of Paris, c.557. Chief among Breton saints, Samson died at Dol.

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Samson, St

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Samson, St (c.486–after 557), Bp. of Dol in Brittany. Born in S. Wales, he was ordained by St Dubricius and entered a monastery on Caldey Island. He retired to a cave near the R. Severn and attended a synod at which he was made a bishop. Instructed in a vision to leave his monastery, he went to Brittany; there he founded the monastery of Dol, which became a centre of missionary activity. He attended the councils of Paris in 553 and 557. Feast day, 28 July.

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Samson, St

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Samson, St (c.485–c.565). Born in Wales, educated and ordained at Llantwit, Samson's missionary endeavours established his renown in Cornwall, the Channel Islands, and Brittany, where he spent his last years. Chief among Breton saints, Samson died at Dol.

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