local saints
Saint Winwaloe (latin: "Onolaus")
The church at East Portlemouth, in South Devon is dedicated to Saint Winwaloe. The name of the village itself contains the celtic element 'porth' meaning harbour. The church is located in a hidden valley tucked inside the entrance to a fine harbour and it would have been the site of a very early celtic chapel. more..
Pope St. Sylvester I (314-335)
The Church at Chivelstone, in South Devon is dedicated to Saint Sylvester. Date of birth unknown; d. 31 December, 335. Sylvester was made Bishop of Rome and occupied this position twenty-one years. This was the era of Constantine the Great, when the public position of the Church so greatly improved, a change which must certainly have been very noticeable at Rome. more..
Saint Clement
The Chapel at Hope Cove, in South Devon is dedicated to Saint Clement. Born in Ireland, towards the middle of the eighth century, died perhaps in France, probably after 818. About the year 771 he set out for France. His biographer, an Irish monk of St. Gall, who wrote his Acts, dedicated to Charles the Fat (d. 888), says that St. Clement with his companion Albinus, or Ailbe, arrived in Gaul in 772, and announced himself as a vender of learning. So great was the fame of Clement and Ailbe that Charlemagne sent for them to come to his court, where they stayed for some months. more..
The Church at Chivelstone, in South Devon is dedicated to Saint Sylvester. Date of birth unknown; d. 31 December, 335. Sylvester was made Bishop of Rome and occupied this position twenty-one years. This was the era of Constantine the Great, when the public position of the Church so greatly improved, a change which must certainly have been very noticeable at Rome. more..
Saint Clement
The Chapel at Hope Cove, in South Devon is dedicated to Saint Clement. Born in Ireland, towards the middle of the eighth century, died perhaps in France, probably after 818. About the year 771 he set out for France. His biographer, an Irish monk of St. Gall, who wrote his Acts, dedicated to Charles the Fat (d. 888), says that St. Clement with his companion Albinus, or Ailbe, arrived in Gaul in 772, and announced himself as a vender of learning. So great was the fame of Clement and Ailbe that Charlemagne sent for them to come to his court, where they stayed for some months. more..
