January 20th: St. Tariec

January 20th: St. Tariec (aka Tarieg)

Tariec was the son of Restitute and St. Leomanie, brother of Sts. Auxilien, Nectain,

Debonne, Magornan, Lugnath, and Secondin, all born in Brittany.

Tariec was a disciple of St. Gweltaz (aka Gildas 'the Sage') and of St. Patrick, who some 

sources say was his cousin.

The chapel on Landeda (aka Tariec Island), a peninsula in Finistere, possessed a wooden 

statue of St. Tariec, now in the chapel of Stz. Marguerite (in the same parish).

There is also a statue of him in the parish church Saint-Conger of Landeda.
A chapel is dedicated to him near Lanilis, and at Plouvien (both also in Finistere) where 

there is also a fountain of devotion bearing his name.

His cult is invoked in Brittany against the advance of the sea.
I have a particular fellow-feeling for him, as this was the day of my ordination in 1990.

Dear God, be good to me:

The sea is so wide, and my boat is so small.