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Mawgan and Meugan (also Meigant) (Latin: Mauganus) are names referring to either one or two Brythonic saints who flourished in the 5th or 6th century. Both names are widely attested in place-names and church dedications, "Mawgan" in Cornwall and Brittany and "Meugan" in Wales, but it is uncertain whether the names refer to one and the same person. The parishes of St Mawgan and Mawgan-in-Meneage in Cornwall derive their names from St Mauganus.〔''Cornish Church Guide'' (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 155-56〕 There is also a St Machan in West Lothian (Scotland), as shown by the place-name Ecclesmachan, but again this may be a distinct figure. No hagiographical ''Life'' survives for Mawgan or Meugan, but figures bearing Latinised versions of either of these names appear in the ''Lives'' of St Cadog and St David. A saint called ''Maucan'' or ''Moucan'' features in an episode of the late 11th-century ''Life'' of Cadog, in which he arbitrates a quarrel between Cadog and Maelgwn, king of Gwynedd. A ''Life'' of St David, also of the late 11th century, refers to a monastery of Mawgan (''Maucannus''). Later still, Meugan is mentioned in the Welsh genealogical collection known as ''Bonedd y Saint'', which detail the lineages of Welsh saints. The relevant section has been dated to ''c''. 1510. ==See also== St Mawgan 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mawgan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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