Editing Gildas (section)

===Life===
In his own work, he claims to have been born the same year as the [[Battle of Mount Badon]]. He was educated at a monastic centre, the College of St. Illtud, where he chose to forsake his royal heritage and embrace monasticism. He became a renowned teacher, converting many to Christianity and founding numerous churches and monasteries throughout Britain and Ireland. He is thought to have made a pilgrimage to Rome before emigrating to Brittany, where he took on the life of a [[hermit]]. However, his life of solitude was short-lived, and pupils soon sought him out and begged him to teach them. He eventually founded a monastery for these students at [[Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys]] in [[Brittany]], where he wrote ''De Excidio Britanniae,'' criticising British rulers and exhorting them to put off their sins and embrace true Christian faith. He is thought to have died at Rhuys and was buried there.

[[Image:St Gildas Fontaine 0708E.jpg|thumb|The spring of St Gildas in [[Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys]], Morbihan]]