[3] Winnoc is generally called a Breton, but the Bollandist Charles De Smedt shows he was more probably of Welsh origin and said to have been of noble birth, of the same house as the kings of Domnonia.

[4] He then went to the Monastery of Sithiu, then ruled by Bertin, and was soon afterwards sent to found at Wormhout, a dependent cell or priory (not an abbey, as it is generally called).

When enfeebled by old age, Winnoc is said to have received supernatural assistance in the task of grinding grain for his brethren and the poor.

A monk who, out of curiosity, came to see how the old man did so much work, was struck blind, but healed by Winnoc's intercession.

The popularity of Winnoc's cultus is attested by the frequent insertion of his name in liturgical documents and the numerous translations of his relics.