Justinian of Ramsey Island
Saint Justinian | |
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Confessor | |
Born | 5th century St David's Cathedral |
Feast | 5 December |
Saint Justinian (
Traditional life
Tradition states that he was a
Apparently, he picked up his head and crossed Ramsey Sound walking on the water carrying his head in his arms and his body was buried in the small ruined chapel which still stands on the mainland at
Veneration
Justinian is listed on very ancient Welsh calendars of saints and martyrs.
Archaeological studies indicate an early medieval ecclesiastical site on the Ramsey Island. There may have been a chapel "dedicated to St Justinian and thought to have possibly been located at the southerly end of the island."[4]
St Justinian in St Davids and the Cathedral Close is named for him. St Justinian's Well (a 19th-century stone enclosure over an ancient spring) is located here.[5] The bay on which St Justinian is located is called Porthstinian.
The small church at Freystrop, near Haverfordwest, is also dedicated to him.References
- ^ "Who is St Justinian?", St. David's Cathedral
- ^ Horstman, C. (1901). Nova Legenda Angliae. Vol. II. pp. 93–95.
- ^ Farmer, David (1978). Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Clarendon Press. pp. 228–229.
- ^ "St Tyfanog's Chapel, Chapel Site, Ramsey Island Farm (419235)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- National Historic Assets of Wales.
- ^ "St Justinian's Church, Llanstinian (231)". Coflein. RCAHMW.