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Saint Salomon or Levan or Selevan Ascetic

Reposed 6 century No memorial date known

St Salomon (Levan, Selevan) was a Cornishman who lived on the cliff going down from the church of St Leven (not far from Lands’ End) to the shore. His holy well and baptistery chapel can easly be found but not his cell which is somehere among the rocks. His grave stone (‘Selus lies here’) can be seen in St Just, Penwith, inside the church.

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