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The most probable date for the death of S. Patrick is 49 3. f 

 We cannot say at what time in his apostolic work Levan was 

 with him, perhaps late, and then only for a short while. There 

 is however a difficulty in reconciling the dates, and if the 

 Patrician Leobhan be the same as the Leovan who wrote in Irish 

 the life of Tugdual, he must have lived to an advanced age. 



In Ireland, S. Leobhan, of Ath-egais, occurs in the Martyr- 

 ologies on June 1, but the place cannot be identified; and the 

 name, without indication of place, on August 9. As in Brittany 

 his Pardon is observed on the second Sunday in August, this 

 seems to identify Leovan with the Leobhan on August 9. 



At S. Levan in Penwith, the feast is observed on October 15. 



As an associate of S. Paul, he fou.nded Treflaouenan in the 

 diocese of Leon, and as a companion of S. Tugdual he has a 

 chapel at Ploulech in Treguier. He has also a chapel at 

 Plounevez-Moedec. 



Probably Porthleven had originally a chapel bearing his 

 name. Dr. Borlase visited the church of S. Leven in 1740, and 

 says: — "Whilst we were at dinner at the inn, it was very 

 j)leasant to hear the good old woman, our land-lady, talk of S. 

 Levan, his cursing the name of Johannah, his taking the same 

 two fishes twice following, his entertaining his sister, Manaccan; 

 and as a confirmation of everything, we were desired at our 

 departure to observe his walk, the stone he fished upon, with 

 some other particulars of like importance." 



The original oratory and the holy well of the Saint were on 

 the edge of the cliff, a little below the Church. Some remains 

 of the well may yet be seen. In the church, on one of the 

 bench-ends, he is represented with a cap, in which is a pilgrim's 

 scallop, in a mantle, and in one hand a knotted rope, in the other 

 a book. 



He has left no trace of his presence in Anglesey, nor does 

 his name occur in any Welsh Calendars. 



In Art, he should be represented with a bell and a smith's 

 tool. 



At Ploulech, in Brittany, he is figured as an abbot, bare 

 headed, a staff in one hand and an open book in the other. 



t Shearman, I<oca Patriciana, Dublin, 1882, p. 451 



