484 00BNI8H DEDICATIONS. 



Leland, probably quoting from a Legend of S. Budock, 

 says "this Budocus was an Irishman, that came into Oornewalle 

 and ther dwellid." 



Dedications to S. Budoc are : — 



The Parish Church of S. Budock by Falmouth. 



A ruined Chapel, Budock Vean, or little S. Budoc, in the 

 Parish of S. Constantino, near Falmouth. 



The Parish Church of S. Budeaux, near Plymouth. 



Mr. Karslake has suggested that Bude derives its name 

 from a former dedication to this Saint, but there is no corrobora- 

 tion of the guess. He also says that the ancient name of 

 Bideford was "Budeford." It is so written by Leland, but it 

 is mere speculation when he connects this with S. Budoc. 



According to the Exeter Martyrology, his festival is on 

 December 8. 



At S. Budock, it is kept on the Sunday before Advent, so as 

 not to fall in that penitential season. 



At Dol the feast is transferred to Dec. 9, because Dec. 8 is 

 the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. 



It is difficult to say to which of the Saints of the same name 

 the many churches of S. Budoc in Brittany are dedicated. 



In the face of what Leland says, of S. Budoc in Cornwall 

 and Devon, it is not possible to suppose him to be the Bishop of 

 Dol. That bishop was son of Judual, prince of Brittany, whom 

 S. Samson reinstated on his throne according to Lobineau in 560, 

 but this relationship is unsubstantiated. In fact, scarcely any- 

 thing is known of S. Budoc of Dol, except that he was a disciple 

 of S. Samson. S. Maglorius succeeded S. Samson immediately, 

 but resigned the burden of the abbacy and bishopric in favour 

 of Budoc. It is very likely that this abdication was compulsory, 

 and that Budoc actually was akin to Judual, who desired to 

 have a relative at the head of a large ecclesiastical plou. 



S. Budoc of Brehat probably died somewhere about 486, 

 and S. Budoc of Dol, a century later, in or about 590. 



