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	Saint Petroc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In neighbouring Devon the dedications to St Petroc are even more numerous, and the North Devon town of Petrockstow is named after him (as are Newton St Petroc and other towns) and the newly adopted unofficial flag of Devon is dedicated to him.
		St Petroc is also the patron of Timberscombe in Somerset.
		The legendary tales surrounding Petroc are exceptionally vivid and imaginative (giving him a second pilgrimage, travels to India, taming wolves) and may represent interpolation from pagan tales.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Petroc (398 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Petroc
		Petroc returned to Britain with a wolf companion he had met in India.
		Petroc protected it from the hunter, King Constantine of Dumnonia, and converted the king to Christianity in the bargain.
		Petroc later moved deep into the Cornish countryside, encountering the hermit Saint Guron.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintp19.htm (316 words)

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		Petroc explained carefully to his assembled household what he bore in [his] soul, asking from the assembly that they also should follow in whatever [arrangement] he might rather choose.
		With the disciples having left the ship and walking through the fields, Petroc, having perceived reapers nearby (for it was the time of harvest) and greeting [them] courteously, addressed them in the manner of a visitor, concerning as much the harmony of the inhabitants as concerning their customs.
		Having been at Petroc's command sprinkled with a sprinkling made with water mixed with the dust of the pavement, at once by the force of the medicine the wood being removed from [his] eye, he was healed, wonderful thing!, he returned to [his] solitary wallow [cf.
	www.lamp.ac.uk /celtic/Petroc.htm (2817 words)

	St Petroc and Bodmin
		Petroc is recorded as having arrived at the mouth of the river Camel, near Trebetherick.
		The man appealed to Boia, a priest of St. Petroc, and it was finally agreed that Putrael should escape enslavement if he gave Aelfric a team of eight oxen at the door of St. Petroc's church, and paid a fee of sixty pence to the priest for his services as mediator.
		The relics of St. Petroc were brought to Bodmin Priory by the monks who, it is thought, chose to move to Bodmin to be free from the perils of the Danes.
	www.st-petroc-bodmin.co.uk /html/cross.htm (2056 words)

	St Petroc - TheBestLinks.com - Cornwall, Celt, Devon, Padstow, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		St Petroc, Cornwall, Celt, Devon, Padstow, Saint, 6th century, Somerset...
		St Petroc, sometimes spelt Petrock is a sixth century Celtic saint.
		In neighbouring Devon the dedications to St Petroc are even more numerous, and the North Devon town of Petrockstow is named after him (as are Newton St Petroc and other towns) and the newly adopted flag of Devon is dedicated to him.
	www.thebestlinks.com /St_Petroc.html (175 words)

	The Arthurian Legend
		Petroc, as he is generally known in Cornwall where he was patron saint, was a younger son of King Glywys Cernyw of Glywysing.
		Petroc and his band eventually returned to Britain landing at Hayle on the shores of the River Camel in Cerniw (Cornwall).
		Petroc took to living as a hermit on the wilds of Bodmin Moor and it was while in the wilderness that a hunted deer sought shelter in St. Petroc's cell.
	www.ramsdale.org /petroc.htm (1319 words)

	GENUKI: St Ervan
		The 1841 Census of St Ervan (HO107/150) (
		The 1851 Census of St Ervan (HO107/1905), (
		The 1891 Census of St Ervan (RG12/1818) (
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/Cornwall/StErvan (1147 words)

	Hampshire County Council
		St Petroc (Wessex) Housing Association Ltd are the registered persons in control of the Home and Mr G R Lockley, is the registered manager responsible for day to day management.
		Since the last inspection report St Petrocs opened an eighteen bed-sit accommodation in Locksway Road, on 15 November 1997 and it was reported that it has taken seven and half months to fill Locksway Road.
		St Petrocs will pay the membership subscription to a local gymnasium, leaving the resident to only needing to pay 50p per session.
	www.hants.gov.uk /sssqyy/c5722.html (2824 words)

	St. Petroc Monastery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Petroc Monastery is in Tasmania, the large island between Australia and Antarctica, which is part of Australia.
		Petroc Monastery is incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act (1961) of Tasmania as a non-profit organisation.
		The opponent of the Latinisation was St. Colman, Bishop of Lindisfarne.
	www.rocor.org.au /stpetrocmonastery (4807 words)

	Bodmin - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Petroc founded a priory here in the 6th century; he gave the alternate name to Bodmin which is Petrockstow.
		In the 15th century the church of St. Petroc was built and stands as the largest church in Cornwall.
		It has been suggested that the town's name comes from an archaic word in the Cornish "bod" (meaning a dwelling; the later word is "bos") and a contraction of "menegh" (monks).
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Bodmin (176 words)

	stpetroc
		He was handsome in appearance, courteous in his speech, prudent, simpleminded, modest, humble, "a cheerful giver" and attained by watchful care the wisdom of riper years.
		Close to the shore, by the river Haile (Haile or heyl is the ordinary Cornish word for a tidal estuary) a certain Samson, a worthy servant of God, had a habitation in the wilderness.
		St Samson had a cell in what is now the garden of Prideaux Place.
	homepages.tesco.net /~k.wasley/stpetroc.htm (2078 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| Saint Petroc and Tregeagle the monster Tregeagle \| Folklore Cornwall St ...
		Petroc was the son of a Welsh king and remains the most famous saint of Cornwall.
		Petroc must have known that the tide always flows from Trewavas Head round the coast towards ‘the Lizard’, and that the sand would be constantly carried back as fast as the demon could remove it.
		St Petroc may even have taken Christianity to Brittany, where more than 30 churches are dedicated to him (under the name Perreux).
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /saint_petroc.html (2728 words)

	St. Petroc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Petroc was a Welsh nobleman who was educated in an Irish monastery and then sailed with a small band of followers to Camel estuary.
		King Constantine ruled the area at this time and was said to have been converted to Christianity by St. Petroc when he rescued the deer that the King was hunting.
		In the 12 th Century St. Petroc's Church in Bodmin got his relics and put them in a painted ivory casket, which can still be seen today.
	www.request.org.uk /main/dowhat/saints/cornwall12.htm (139 words)

	St. Petroc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Petroc took to living as a hermit on the wilds of Bodmin Moor; he is not the only Celtic saint to have had a particular ability to tame wild animals, and his emblem is a stag, in commemoration of one which he protected from huntsmen.
		The cult of St. Petroc became widespread in Devon and Cornwall, in South Wales and in Brittany, even becoming recognised in Italy.
		In reparation, William, Bishop of Coutances, presented to the Cornish people a fine ivory reliquary: it was hidden at the Reformation, rediscovered in the 19th century, and survives, a remarkable example of medieval art, in Bodmin church.
	www.hullp.demon.co.uk /SacredHeart/saint/st_petroc.htm (195 words)

	Hampshire County Council
		INTRODUCTION 265 Tangier Road is hostel accommodation for single homeless people, and is identified as a stage three provision within the context of the St. Petroc re-housing scheme, and provides limited supervision for adults with mental health and alcohol related problems, before they move on to their own accommodation.
		It was reported on the day of the inspection that St Petroc's are due to close the home and that the residents will move to new accommodation at Locksway Road; which will have twelve stage three flats and six bedsits (stage four).
		Each of the St Petroc's establishments has a senior project worker, who is responsible for running the home on a daily basis.
	www.hants.gov.uk /sssqyy/c4616.html (2010 words)

	GENUKI: Padstow
		It is bounded on the north by the sea and the entrance to Padstow harbour, on the east by the estuary of the river Camel and Tregonce Creek which separates it from St Minver and St Issey, on the south by Little Petherick (alias St Petroc Minor), and on the west by St Merryn.
		Anglican parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW9175 and is dedicated to St Petroc who lived here from AD 518 and afterwards settled at Bodmin where he died in AD 564.
		It Was the formal document which mentioned the name Petroc's Stowe meaning the church or monastery of St. Petroc.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/Cornwall/Padstow (1440 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: School of Glendalough
		His earliest tutor was St. Petroc of Cornwall, who had come to Leinster about 492, and devoted himself with considerable ardour to the study of the Sacred Scriptures, in which his pupil also became proficient.
		Kevin at Glendalough was St. Moling, founder of the well-known monastery called from him St. Mullins on the left bank of the Barrow in the southwest of the County Carlow.
		The building called St. Kevin's kitchen was doubtless the private oratory and sleeping chamber of the saint, the latter being in the croft overhead, as in St. Columba's house at Kells.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06582b.htm (742 words)

	Devon, England
		St Petroc is well celebrated throughout the county, but is also the alternative patron saint of Cornwall, and some people used to/still refer to the Cornish flag as "St Petroc's flag" too.
		For example St Boniface is also the patron saint of Germany and the Netherlands, St Geraint is responsible for bringing the ancient British church and that of Rome closer together, and St Petroc is remembered in numerous dedications across Devon (18), Cornwall (9), and Somerset (1).
		St Sidwell was beheaded by her jealous mother in law but where her blood landed a holy well started to flow.
	www.fotw.net /flags/gb-e-dev.html (1016 words)

	winchu1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		One of the prisoners was Bartholomew, rector of St. Petroc.
		Such was the condition of St. Thomas that the great sum of £80 had to be expended on its repair, the proceeds of the sale of the bells of St. Clement contributing to the repair fund.
		Both the old and new churches of St. Thomas were built within the bounds of the Roman city (4) and Southgate Street itself lies close to the line of the Roman road which led south from Winchester to the Roman station at Bitterne.
	www.southernlife.org.uk /winchu1.htm (2443 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Cornwall \| Disability rules close church hall
		The hall at St Petroc's in Bodmin, will shut at the end of the year because the church has not got the £20,000 needed to install a lift and new toilets.
		At St Petroc's, the hall, which is at first floor level, is accessed via steep stairs.
		St Petroc's officials hope the closure will not be permanent.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/cornwall/3250634.stm (413 words)

	Penzance Chamber of Commerce - Chamber Monthly News ... February 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		St Petroc’s Society Charity Auction Dinner and Dance is being held on Friday, 6 April at the Green Lawns Hotel in Falmouth.
		St Petroc's is a Charity for the long term homeless in Cornwall, the aim being to get people off the streets and back into long term accommodation and a meaningful lifestyle.
		The event is held to raise the profile of the Charity and to raise funds for St Petroc’s.
	www.penzance.co.uk /chamber/01feb.htm (1072 words)

	The Saints of Cornwall
		The town of St Allen near Truro derives its name from this celtic saint who is possibly the same who became bishop of Quimper in Brittany.
		It was with St Samson that the two friends founded the adjacent parishes of St Mewan and St Austell with the latter growing into one of the largest towns in Cornwall.
		The town of St Buryan in West Penwith bears her name and has an interesting and once important church dating back to King Athelstan who built it to house her relics.
	www.cornwalls.co.uk /myths-legends/saints.htm (1672 words)

	Heritage of Britain
		Bodmin - or 'Bod-Meneghi', (meaning dwelling of the monks) is the historic County town of Cornwall, and was founded in 530AD by St Petroc and St Guron.The Parish Church of Bodmin, known as the Church of St. Petroc, is the largest church in Cornwall and is mainly 15th century, although parts are from earlier churches.
		St Guron's well is in the churchyard which dated back to the 6th Century and is Bodmin's oldest sacred spot.
		The church contains St Petroc's Casket of Byzantine origin (c1170), a Norman Font which is unique, and some fascinating old wood carvings.
	www.heritageofbritain.co.uk /towns/bodmin/bodmin.htm (636 words)

	Western Rite Orthodox - Saint Petroc Monastery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Saint Petroc Monastery is a monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
		Saint Petroc reposed in A.D. Associated with him in the Monastery were Saint Croidan, Saint Medan and Saint Dagan.
		The primary task assigned by the Archbishop to Saint Petroc Monastery is to identify and implement the means of bringing the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic people (the overwhelming percentage of the population) to return to the Orthodox heritage of the British Isles and western Europe.
	www.orthodoxresurgence.co.uk /Petroc (9300 words)

	BBC - Cornwall Uncovered - Story The Legend of St Piran
		St Piran is believed to have lived for 200 years.
		St Piran is one of three Patron Saints Of Cornwall.
		Michael is associated with St Michael's Mount and St Petroc with Padstow.
	www.bbc.co.uk /cornwall/uncovered/stories/st_piran_background.shtml (560 words)

	EBK: St. Petroc, Abbot of Padstow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Petroc founded a monastery on the site but, after thirty years there, he decided to go on a pilgrimage to Rome, via Brittany.
		Petroc eventually returned to Britain (with a wolf companion he had met in India), but may have gone on a further pilgrimage to Ynys Enlli (Bardsey), founding churches at St. Petrox (Dyfed) and Llanbedrog (Lleyn) on the way.
		Petroc eventually died at Treravel, while travelling between Nanceventon (Little Petherick) and Llanwethinoc (Padstow), and was buried at Padstow.
	www.earlybritishkingdoms.com /bios/pedrogg.html (468 words)

	My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
		The year began with the Bells of St. Petroc heralding in the new Millennium at both the turn of the year and later at midday, together with all other churches throughout England.
		Petroc’s, being a Church School sees one of the Clergy taking assembly on a Wednesday morning every week during term time.
		In all this what is important is that everyone should be invited and encouraged to play their own part in the life of the Church.
	www.st-petroc-bodmin.co.uk /AnnualAddress2.htm (1460 words)

	Bodmin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In about 530 AD St Petroc came to Bodmin and took over the care of the early Christian community.
		In the late 10th century St Petroc's relics were transferred to Bodmin from Padstow, probably on account of Danish raids.
		The reliquary of 12th century Sicilian workmanship was used in 1177 to bring back the relics of St Petroc, which had been stolen from the Priory Church and taken to St Meen in Brittany.
	www.openchurchestrust.org.uk /Bodmin.htm (313 words)

	Cranstar's Historical Cornwall Wells of Cornwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Holy Well of St. Cleer was a place of pilgrimage for the lame and blind on Ascension Day, hoping for a miracle to cure their ailments, and it still occupies pride of place in the East Cornwall village.
		It is said that the waters of St. Guron's Well in Bodmin could foretell the future.
		Petroc converted the warlike Prince Constantine of north Cornwall; at his cell at Little Petherick he gave shelter to a young fawn which was being pursued by the Prince and his huntsmen, and when threatened by Constantine cast a spell on him so that he could not move.
	www.cranstar.co.uk /wells.htm (627 words)

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