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Gwen Teirbron

Gwen Teirbron (French: Blanche; Latin: Alba Trimammis or Candida; possibly English: Wite) was a Breton holy woman and wife of Fragan who supposedly lived in the 5th or 6th century. Her epithet is Welsh for '(of the) three breasts'.

Veneration

Popular devotion interpreted Gwen's unusual physical and spiritual fecundity by God's gift to her of a third breast. Her iconography followed suit. Gwen is invoked for women's fertility. She is commemorated on 3 October in the Roman Catholic Church (although this has been transferred from Saint Candidus of Rome), and on 18 July (NS) by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in Australia.

Children

  • Winwaloe, son of Prince Fragan (or Fracan) and Teirbron
  • Jacut (or James), son of Prince Fragan and Teirbron
  • Wethenoc (or Gwethenoc or Guethenoc), son of Prince Fragan and Teirbron
  • Creirwy (or Creirvy or Klervi), daughter of Prince Fragan and Teirbron
  • Cadfan, son of Eneas Ledewig (or Aeneas of Brittany) and Teirbron

References