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Saint Armel (Welsh: Arthfael (‘Bear-Prince’); Latin: Armagilus) was an early 6th century holy man in Brittany.Armel is said to have been a Breton prince born to the wife of King Hoel while they were living in Glamorgan in Wales in the late 5th century. He founded the abbey of Plouarzel in Brittany and was from there called to attend the court of King Childebert I of Paris. On the journey he established churches at Ergué-Armel Plouharnel and Saint-Armel which remember his name.