23 June is also the Feast day of a female
saint named Gwentroc/Ventroc in the small parish of Treflez
(Brittany) ; but the "official" patron of the parish church is
saint Ediltrude since the early XVIIth century, and maybe earlier. As
Brieuc's mother is also named Eldruda in the saint's vita
(written around 1050), we can imagine that the development of
the cult of the Anglo-Saxon princess in Brittany is a consequence
of such homonymy ; but Ediltrude is also mentioned in the old
calendary of Landevennec Abbey (around 950) at the date of 23 June :
Natale sanctae Hildetrudae virginis.
André-Yves
Bourgès
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