caption death_date death_place birth_place feast_day venerated_in birth_date titles major_shrine image article_title name
sculpture of somerset of st congar of congresbury at the museum ca. 520 jerusalem llanwngar in pembrokeshire 27 november roman catholic church , anglican communion ca. 470 abbot & bishop congresbury , somerset -lrb- destroyed -rrb- 240px congar of congresbury
 congar
congar of congresbury

saint congar -lrb- also cumgar or cungar ; ; latin : concarius -rrb- -lrb- c. 470 -- 27 november 520 -rrb- , was a welsh abbot and supposed bishop in somerset , now in england .
he grew up in pembrokeshire and travelled across the bristol channel to found a monastery on cadbury hill at congresbury in somerset .
he gave his name to this village and to the parish church at badgworth .
this supposedly became the centre of a bishopric which preceded the diocese of bath and wells .
legend has it that his staff took root when he thrust it into the ground and the resulting yew tree can be seen to this day .
he later returned to wales , but died on a pilgrimage to jerusalem .
the parish of congresbury claimed to have enshrined his body during the middle ages , and mentioned it in several pilgrim guides .
there appear to have been no rival claimants for his relics .
congresbury itself is first mentioned in asser 's `` life of alfred '' as a derelict celtic monastery , probably related to congar .
though a minor saint , he is mentioned in a litany of winchester in about 1060 , and his feast day was recorded in most medieval somerset calendars .
churches dedicated to him may also be found in brittany and cornwall , where he is said to have been a hermit at st ingunger , in the parish of lanivet .
