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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.
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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 Mauganus.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Henderson |first1=Charles|author-link = Charles Henderson (historian)|title=The Cornish church guide and parochial history of Cornwall |date=1925 |pages=155–156}}</ref> There is also a [[St Machan|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 [[Cadog]] and [[Saint David|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 of Gwynedd|Maelgwn, king of Gwynedd]]. A ''Life'' of David, also of the late 11th century, refers to a monastery of Mawgan (Maucannus). The "[[National Library of Wales General Manuscript Collection#Mostyn Manuscripts .28NLW MSS 3020-76.29|Mostyn Manuscript No. 88]]", in the [[National Library of Wales]], records several Meugan festivals, including [[Manchan of Mohill]].{{sfn|Baring-Gould|Fisher|1907|pp=480}}
Later still, Meugan is mentioned in the Welsh genealogical collection known as ''[[Bonedd y Saint]]'', which details the lineages of Welsh saints. The relevant section has been dated to ''c''. 1510.
==See also==
* [[Mannacus]]
* [[Meneage]]
==References==
===Citations===
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===Primary sources===
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*{{Cite ODNB |first=Dauvit |last=Broun |title=Mawgan (''fl''. 5th–6th cent.) |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/18515 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18515 |access-date=21 April 2010 }}
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===Secondary sources===
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*{{cite book
|title=Lives of British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall, and such Irish Saints as have decidations in Britain
|last1=Baring-Gould
|first1=Sabine
|last2=Fisher
|first2=John
|volume=III
|publisher=London: The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorian by C.J. Clark
|year=1907
|url=https://archive.org/download/livesofbritishsa03bariuoft/livesofbritishsa03bariuoft.pdf#pagge=525
}}
{{refend}}
==Further reading==
*{{Cite book |author=Wade-Evans, A. W. |title=Life of St David |location=London |year=1923 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/MN5136ucmf_5/page/n93 58]–62 |url=https://archive.org/details/MN5136ucmf_5 }}
*{{Cite book |first=E. G. |last=Bowen |title=Saints, Seaways, and Settlements in the Celtic Lands |location=Cardiff |publisher=University of Wales Press |orig-year=1969 |edition=2nd |year=1977 |isbn=0-900768-30-4}}
*{{Cite book |first=Molly |last=Miller |title=The Saints of Gwynedd |location=London |publisher=Boydell |series=Studies in Celtic History 1 |year=1979 |isbn=0-85115-114-0 }}
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