Constantine (British saint)

Based purely on similarity of a common name, some have identified him with the monarch Constantine of Dumnonia, despite the latter's condemnation for immoral behaviour by Gildas.

He was converted to Christianity by that holy man at nearby Little Petherick after the deer Constantine was hunting took shelter with him.

He was martyred in Scotland about 576[2] and John of Fordun tells how he was buried at Govan (where his shrine can still be seen today).

The Life of Saint Kentigern names a Constantine as the son and successor Riderch Hael, king of Alt Clut, later known as Strathclyde.

[3] The cult of Saint Constantine (of Dumnonia) centred on the two places bearing his name, both of which may have originally supported monastic establishments.