Ivo of Kermartin
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Ivo of Kermartin, TOSF, also known as Yvo, Yves, or Ives, was a parish priest among the poor of Louannec, the only one of his station to be canonized in the Middle Ages. He is the patron of Brittany,
Saint Ivo portrayed by Rogier van der Weyden (15th century)
Landscape with the Preaching of Saint Ivo, by Lucas van Uden
St Ivo Giving Alms to the Poor by Josse van der Baren
The relics of Saints Ivo and Tugdual in a procession at the gate of Tréguier's cathedral in 2005. In the reliquary is the skull of Saint Ivo.
Brittany
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Brittany is a peninsula, historical region and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an independent kingdom
Ivo of Kermartin
…Heloury) in French), was a parish priest among the poor of Louannec, the only one of his station to be canonized in the Middle Ages. He is the patron of Brittany, lawyers, and abandoned children. His feast day is 19 May. Poetically, he is referred to as "advocate of the poor". Born at Kermartin, a manor near…
Brittany from space, 2002
The Carnac stones
The temple of Mars in Corseul
A 1922 nationalist engraving of Nominoe, first king of Brittany