Guinefort

French

Saint Guinefort (1)

Etymology

Possibly from Breton; guen + frout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡin.fɔʁ/

Proper noun

Guinefort ?

1. a 13th-century French greyhound that received local veneration as a folk saint
   1. • 1885, Alfred Rambaud, Histoire de la civilisation française‎^[1], page 313:

        Alor les paysans du voisinage, émus de cette histoire, rendirent a saint Guinefort, chien et martyr, des honneurs divins.

        So the peasants from the neighborhood, moved by this story, rendered divine honors to Saint Guinefort, dog and martyr.

2. an Italian saint from Pavia