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12/28/2023, 11:52 AM Frollein Gladys
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Name Briog
Gender Masculine
Usage Breton, Welsh, History (Ecclesiastical)
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

Derived from Breton and Middle Welsh bri, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brigo "high, noble" or *brīgos "importance". Briog (died c. 502) was a 5th-century Welsh holy man who became the first abbot of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany. He is one of the seven founder saints of Brittany.
Added 9/29/2014 by Frollein Gladys