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Wynnol was for forty- three years under the rule of Winwaloe, 

 till the death of that saint, and then, by the special desire of 

 Winwaloe, as he laj' on his death-bed, Wynnol was chosen as his 

 successor. He retained the rule over Landevenec for seven years, 

 and then, desiring to visit the establishments in Britain, he took 

 with him eleven of his monks, and they spent four years in the 

 monasteries of Britain, doubtless those founded by S. Winwaloe 

 as feeders to Landevenec. 



On his return he resumed the abbacy but retained it for three 

 more years only, when the craving came on him for a solitary 

 life. He took with him three brethren and went into the 

 territory of Vannes, where he found a lonely spot in a wood near 

 a copious fountain. 



One day when Weroc, the count, was hunting, the doe he 

 pursued took refuge under the habit of the saint in his cell. 

 Weroc spoke kindly to him, and promised that he would leave 

 him unmolested in his solitude. 



At the end of nine months, hearing that some quarrel had 

 broken out in Landevenec, Wynnol returned to the monastery to 

 set matters to rights. There he remained till his death, which 

 took place four years later. 



The Life of S. Guenael or AVynnol is important as giving us 

 some clue to the date of S. Winwaloe. 



Wynnol was a boy when Winwaloe was on a visit to Grallo 

 480-520. Let us say that Wynnol was taken into the family at 

 Landevenec in 489. He received the habit in 492, became abbot 

 in 532. He visited Britain in 543, and returned in 546. He 

 went into Vannes district into retirement, where he met Wero(^, 

 afterwards Count of Vannes, who died 594. \\''ynnol himself 

 died in or about 574. 



S. Gruenael's or Wynnol' s Day is November 3. 



The only trace of his labours in Cornwall is the chapel of 



S. Winolls, in S. Germans, 



Dedications to him, however, in Brittany are numerous. At 

 Ergue-Gaberic, Plou-Grouvelin, Bolazec, and Landivisiau in the 

 department of Finistere. He is there known as S. Guinel. 



• Gwerch or Weroc ii. was from 577 to 594 about. 



