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Saint Austol (or Austolus) was a 6th-century Cornish holy man who lived for much of his life in Brittany.He was a companion of Saint Méen in the foundation of the Saint-Méen Abbey in Brittany. Meven is said to have been his godfather. The parish and town of St Austell in Cornwall is named in his honour. He is regarded as a saint with a Breton feast day of 28 June and a Cornish one of the Thursday of Whitsun.