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Saint Neot

d. in or before 878
feast-day: 17 December, 31 July, 20 October
saints of Cornwall, monks
Cornwall, Glastonbury, St Neot ... Cornwall

Saint associated with St Neot, Cornwall. According to his first Life, he was an English monk of Glastonbury abbey who retreated to a life of isolation and private prayer in what became the location for the foundation of his monastery in Cornwall; his relics are said to have been translated to St Neots, Huntingdonshire.

See also: CornwallCornwall
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Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–present. URL: <http://www.oxforddnb.com>.

comments: General editors include Lawrence Goldman, et al.

Lapidge (Michael) [id. 19893. ‘Neot [St Neot] (d. in or before 878)’] direct link

Mattingly, Joanna, “Pre-Reformation saints’ cults in Cornwall – with particular reference to the St Neot windows”, in: Jane Cartwright (ed.), Celtic hagiography and saints’ cults, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2003. 249–270.

Orme, Nicholas, The saints of Cornwall, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

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