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He was a Prince of Grwent, and was married to Dervel 

 sister of Arnwn Dhu, and was father of S. Malo and of a S. 

 Tathan, but not the Tathan who was brother of 8. Samson. 

 Caradoc's mother was Matheriana or Madrun, venerated at 

 Minster and Tintagel. He was the uncle of S. Samson. He 

 receives more veneration in Brittanny, where there are dedications 

 to him at Mellac, Pont Aven, Quimperle, and Eioc in Finisterre. 



There is> in Brittany, a S. Egarec, who is further corrupted 

 into Evarzec and who is probably the same, and was invoked 

 against toothache. He has two "pardons" at Briec, one on 

 Ascension Day, the other on the 2nd of October. Briec is near 

 Quimper. Other dedications are at Kerlevan, Lanpant, Plouarzel, 

 and S. Evarzec in the diocese of Quimper. 



In the diocese of S. Brieuc he is called S. Carreuc or Carroc. 



A saying of Caradoc has been preserved ; — when he had lost 

 a halfpenny, and some laughed at the triviality of the loss and 

 his concern over it : — " The full man knows not the cares of the 

 needy." In Brittany he is represented as a monk with a 

 child at his side. This child is S. Malo. This Caradoc is not to 

 be mistaken for his namesake (canonised at the instigation 

 of Giraldus Cambrensis,) who was a hermit, in Pembrokeshire, 

 and died in 1124. 



Caradoc the Prince of Gwent must have died about 670. 

 Caradoc is commemorated in the Leon Breviary, on May 1 6, this 

 indicates that he is supposed to be the same as S. Carantoe, 

 which is an error into which Lobineau fell. 



S. Carantoo, Bishop, Confessor. 



The history of S. Carantoe is much involved, and difficult 

 to elucidate, because, whilst he was in Ireland he was known as 

 Cairnech, the Gornishman, and a century later there was another 

 Saint of the same name. Their stories have been fused together, 

 and it has not been recognised that the two were absolutely 

 distinct personages. Carantoe was the son of Ceredig, of 

 Ceredigion, son of Cunedda. But according to other Welsh 

 authorities he was not son but grandson of Ceredig. Ceredig 

 was married to Mellari daughter of Brychan, and was father 



