Chaucer, St. Loy, and the Celts

Author / Editor
Breeze, Andrew.

Title
Chaucer, St. Loy, and the Celts

Published
Reading Medieval Studies 17 (1991): 103-20.

Description
Traces the medieval legend and cult of Saint Loy the horsesmith, especially from British sources; identifies references to the saint in GP and FrT. Two gazetteers assemble artistic and cultural evidence for the legend in Europe and the British Isles.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
Friar and His Tale.
Prioress and her Tale.