Feast June 17
Nectan of Hartland
Saint, patron of Hartland · Feast June 17
Biography
Saint Nectan, sometimes styled Saint Nectan of Hartland, was a 5th-century holy man who lived in Stoke, Hartland, in the nowadays English, and at the time Brythonic-speaking, county of Devon, where the prominent St Nectan's Church, Hartland is dedicated to him.
Feast day
June 17
Patronage
- Hartland
- Devon
Birth date
c. 468 AD
Death date
c. 510 AD
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
6
Feast day of month
17