Talk:Saint Petroc

Pedroc=Padraic?
Pedroc is suspiciously close to the name "Patrick" (anon.)


 * Yes, but hundreds of years separate the stories, and Patrick was extremely, extremely famous. It's not likely that the Welsh would have cribbed him.  Also, the churches show up in historical record with their names going way back, and there are sufficient church records to suggest that this was a very real person.  Now, whether he went to India in his 70's, etc., is another matter.  Geogre 10:50, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

"the newly adopted unofficial flag of Devon"
..."the newly adopted unofficial flag of Devon"... Ah, yes. Does it replace then the former unofficial flag? And then, if unofficial, by whom has it been adopted, one might wonder? As the cultural horizons of simple folk collapse inwards, shall there be distinctive and "newly adopted unofficial flags" for each parish of Devon, and ultimately a "newly adopted unofficial flag" flying over every fortified farmstead, I suppose. A sense of deja-vu: didn't you folks already do that in the fifth and sixth centuries? --Wetman 19:19, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

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Petroc = Petrocq ?
Hello, There is some places in the south west of France named : Petrocq We have no traduction with the local langage : gascon/occitan In the history the country has been visited by english people. Maybe this is the origin ... or not Adishatz 82.251.188.185 (talk) 20:32, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Treravel?
What does this mean? It's in the infobox before Padstow.... --Τασουλα (Shalom!) (talk) 21:00, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Seems to have been Tre Rovel, the house of the Rovel family, maybe near the farm called, Treravel, near Little Petherick. I guess this should be added to the article. Dougweller (talk) 21:57, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Ohh thank you. --Τασουλα (Shalom!) (talk) 22:26, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

St Petroc's remains
The entry (footnote 10) records St Petroc's remains being thrown into Hailemouth bay near to Padstow. I can't find any Hailemouth Bay. There is however a Hayle's Mouth near Hayle through which fresh water drains into St Ives bay. This is hardly near to Padstow. It's probably 40 miles away. Anyone know of a Hailemouth bay located nearer to Padstow? 213.2.195.51 (talk) 11:39, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
 * As "haykle" is the Cornish word for estuary it may be just an archaic name for the north end of the Camel estuary. There was however a reliquary preserved at Bodmin before the Reformation containing his relics.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 11:58, 9 July 2019 (UTC)