Where Was I? 3/12/2017

[Etch]

Not difficult to identify the Roman town and the principal contractor, but a saint who was educated there and died circa AD655? I've searched high and low and can't come up with one. The never-answered ancillary clues can be soooo frustrating!

[Gizmonster]

Pope Martin I died in 655.

[Etch]

^^^
Indeed he did, but I can't find any evidence that he ever came to Britain. The best possibility I can find is Saint Foillan, who is recorded as passing through Wales before settling in East Anglia:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Foillan_(DNB00)

[goodgoalie]

Where's The Eastender when you need him?!

[Gizmonster]

.... sorry, but I don't have the full question - I just read the bit with the saint who died in 655.
Is it possible to explain the question in full please??

[goodgoalie]

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/wherewasi

[Etch]

Gizmonster, see here:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/travel/where-was-i/

[sirlearie]

Saint tathan

[Toorak]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Tathyw

[Etch]

Saints Tathan and Tathyw (if not the same person) are associated with the Roman town but were too early to have died c AD655. Even St Cadoc, also connected with the town and who studied under St Tathan, died in AD580

[Tilly2]

I haven't done it this week. I never win.

[goodgoalie]

Well, I've been doing it for 18 years, Tilly, and I've never won. Don't give up!