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S. GuRON, Hermit, Confessor. 



This was the saintly recluse who surrendered his cell at 

 Bodmin to S. Petrock when he arrived there. He then retired to 

 another place (Leland, Col. 1, 75). 



Gorran in the deanery of St. Austell is probably the place 

 he chose. He crossed the watershed and settled between 

 Tywardreath Bay and that of Veryan. He had a chapel at 

 Gorran Haven and also a chapel at Bodmin. 



"William of Worcester from the Bodmin Antiphonary calls 

 him Woronus, and styles him Confessor. 



His feast is on April 7. 



The Holy Well in the church-yard at Bodmin is called by 

 his name. Bodmin is Bodd-Mynachau, the place of abode of 

 monks. 



It is possible that Guron is identical with the Saint Goneri 

 who receives veneration, according to Albert le Grand, in Brittany 

 on the same day, April 7, although the day of his death was 

 July 18. Lobineau had under his eyes a MS. life of the Saint, 

 written in the 13th cent., but based on an earlier life. This has 

 been lost, and all we know of S. Goneri is through his summary, 

 and the more diffuse life in Le Grand. He was a native of 

 Britain who left this island for Axmorica and landed at Yannes. 

 He went into the country and formed for himself a hermitage in 

 the forest of Brenguilly near Rohan. There he was one day 

 engaged in prayer, when the chief of the district rode by, and 

 seeing a stranger settled on the land without his permission 

 ordered his servants to drive him off. The steward intervened 

 but in vain. The chief who is called Alvandus, rode hence to 

 Noyala, and left his huntsmen to maltreat the unfortunate 

 settler. They fell on Goneri, beat and kicked him and broke two 

 of his ribs. 



The steward returned after Alvandus had reached his 

 residence and did not suffer Goneri to be further maltreated. 

 He went further. He told his lord how harshly the poor priest 

 and saint had been dealt with and how severely he was hurt. 

 Alvandus was sorry, and probably afraid lest he should suffer 

 through the imprecations of the Saint, and he saw to his being 

 healed, and suffered him to continue in peace. 



