Nectan of Hartland
Saint Nectan | |
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The Holy Martyr Nectan | |
| Born | c. 468 AD Wales |
| Died | c. 510 AD Newton, Hartland, Devon |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 17 June |
| Patronage | Hartland, Devon |
Saint Nectan, sometimes styled Saint Nectan of Hartland, was a 5th-century holy man who lived in Stoke, Hartland, in the nowadays English, and at the time Brythonic-speaking, county of Devon, where the prominent St Nectan's Church, Hartland is dedicated to him.