Saints

Bishop and founder. Born into an aristocratic family near Cleves in Germany, in around 1080 Norbert embarked on a comfortable career holding several posts at the wealthy courts of Archbishop Frederick I and Emperor Henry V. When he was about 35, he had a riding accident, narrowly escaping death, and underwent a sudden conversion which made him give up his life at court to become a priest. Soon a... Read More

Bishop and martyr. Boniface was born around 680AD to a Saxon farming family near Crediton in Devon. He was baptised as Wynfrith. Educated in monastery schools in the West Country, he became a monk, first at Exeter, then at Nursling, near Southampton. During this time he compiled the first Latin grammar written in English. In 718, he left his homeland, never to return, to take the Gospel to the p... Read More

Bishop, patron of Cambourne in Cornwall. Meriadoc, also known as Meriasek, was probably a Welshman who founded at least one church in Cornwall and several churches and monasteries in Brittany in the 4th century. He eventually became a bishop there. His feast is celebrated in several Breton dioceses to this day. The rare Cornish miracle play: Beunans Meriasek, tells his life story. St Meriadoc w... Read More