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The Life was probably composed by a monk of I'lle Modez, 

 and lie has transferred to it the incidents of the quest of fire and 

 the seal. There is an old thorn tree on the island which goes by 

 the name of the Chair e de S. Modez. 



At Landeleau in Finistere, S. Mawes is venerated along with 

 S. Teilo. His statue is in the church, and one of the basins of 

 the holy well there is placed under his tutelage. But his 

 principal foundation is at Lannedern in the same department. 

 He has a chapel also at Coat-ar-E,oc'h. 



S. Modez or Mawes is especially invoked to cure a tumour 

 caused by the pressure of the wooden sahot on the instep. This 

 tumour is called the arwez Sant Maudez. The treatment is as 

 follows : A handful of sea- wrack is dipped in the well and then 

 applied to the place affected. Then the dust from the church or 

 the earth from the church-yard is examined till a worm has been 

 found that has knots in it. This worm is then placed on the 

 gathering, and as it dies so does the patient recover.*' 



In 878, when the Normans ravaged the coast of Brittany, 

 the body of S. Modez was taken to Bourges, where it remained 

 till the disturbances caused by the Calvinists, when it was lost. 



In the dioceses of Leon, Treguier, Quimper and Dol, the 

 Feast of S. Maudez was celebrated on November 8, but it varies 

 considerably, at Quimper and Dol now on November 16, and at 

 Bourges on November 20. 



In the He Modez is his ancient cell, in good preservation. 

 It is a bee-hive hut on high ground, and because it serves as a 

 sea-mark is periodically restored. It goes by the name of the 

 Oven of S. Modez. 



The cave once occupied by the saint is shown near Lannion. 



In Art he is represented as an Abbot. 



At Lannedern he is figured with a black cloak over his 

 shoulders and his hand resting on a stout stick. 



We have very slender data for fixing the period of S. 

 Mawes, but it was about the middle of the 5th century, and we 

 may put his death as occurring in the latter half of that century 

 or the beginning of the 6th. 



* Annales de Bretagne, T. VIII_(i893), p. 235. 



