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Brittany - Happy St Yves' Day!
Happy St Yves' Day today 19th May. St Yves Day (Breton: Gouel Sant-Erwan) is widely celebrated in Brittany and around the Breton world. Saint Yves was born on 17th October 1253 at Kermartin, near Tréguier, Brittany (Breton: Landreger, Breizh). He graduated in civil law and became a lawyer and judge who was famous for defending the poor without taking payment. Saint Yves was ordained in 1284 and when he retired from law in 1287 became a preacher. The feast day marks the date of his death on 19th May 1303 at Louannec, Brittany (Breton: Louaneg, Breizh).
Image below: St Ivo Giving Alms to the Poor by Josse van der Baren (1550 - 1614).
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