Cubert

About

Cubert (Cornish: Egloskubert) is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is three miles (5 km) south-southwest of Newquay and is in the civil parish of Cubert (Cornish: Lannowyn). Once known as St Cubert, the village is dominated by the spire of its 13th-century church, St Cubert's which was largely renovated in the 15th century. The village is named after the Welsh missionary Saint Cubert who, as a companion of Saint Carannog, brought the Christian faith to this part of Cornwall, and to whom the church is dedicated. Unlike his companion St Carannog (who travelled on to Brittany), Saint Cubert returned to Wales becoming abbot of his monastery and, according to the Welsh chronicles, dying in 775. The feast of Saint Cubert is celebrated on the Sunday following 4 October. Gilbert H. Doble included translations of the "Vita Carantoci" and extracts from the "Léon Breviary" in his account of St Carannog. After reviewing all the evidence he could find he concluded that Saint Carannog had been the leader of a band of Welsh missionaries who came to the Crantock district to evangelize it; Cubert was among his followers, and after their work in Cornwall was done they went on to Brittany where a district around Léon has place-names and dedications related to these missionary saints. St Cubert's holy well is in a cave accessible only at low tide towards the north end of Holywell Bay. The hamlets of Tresean, Treveal, Trevemper, Treworgans and Ellenglaze are in the parish.

Coordinates

50.3790, -5.1170

Official site

www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk

Sources

• wikipedia: Cubert (CC BY-SA 4.0)