Loïc Gwenc'hlan Le Scouëzec (b. November 11, 1929, Plouescat - d. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Plouescat (Ploueskad is a commune in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France. February 6, 2008[1]) was a Breton writer and Grand Druid of Brittany. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Bretons are a distinct Ethnic group located in the region of Brittany in France. A druid was a member of the priestly and learned class in the ancient Celtic societies Brittany (Breizh bʁejs Bretagne; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is a former independent Celtic kingdom and Duchy, now incorporated into
Gwenc’hlan was born in Brittany. His father was Maurice Le Scouëzec, a painter. Gwenc’hlan spent most of his childhood in Madagascar, Paris, Landivisiau and Douarnenez, before doing his secondary studies in Saint-Vincent de Pont-Croix, Saint-Yves de Quimper and Saint-Grégoire de Tours, in 1942. Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Landivisiau (Landivizio is a commune in Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France. Douarnenez, (douar (land an enez (the island or land of the island is a commune in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern There, he took part in the Breton Scouts movement Bleimor. Bleimor ( Breton language for Seawolf) more fully Urz Skatoued Bleimor, was a Breton Scouting organization taken He followed higher studies in history at La Sorbonne in Paris. The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
He did military service between 1951 and 1953 in the French Foreign Legion at Sidi-bel-Abbès and Daya in Algeria. Sidi Bel Abbès ( Arabic: سيدي بلعباس) is a capital (2005 pop Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's He was recalled to the French Foreign Legion at the 5th Foreign Regiment of 1957 - 1958.
He was a teacher of French in Crete and Athens from 1953 until 1957. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Crete ( Greek: Κρήτη transliteration: Krētē, modern transliteration Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's After his military service, he became a professor at the French Institute of Athens, once back in France in Saint-Didier-en-Velay and in Versailles. The Institut de France (French Institute is a French Learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is probably the Académie Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Saint-Didier-en-Velay is a Village and commune in the Haute-Loire département of southern-central France. Versailles (vɛʀsaj in French) formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important
As of 1960, he started to study medicine, and completed this with distinction in the Faculty of Medicine of Paris. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the He became a doctor at Quimper (from 1969 until 1985. Quimper ( Breton: Kemper, Latin: Corspotium) is a commune and capital of the Finistère department in He also initiated Skoazell Vreizh, the Breton emergency service, together with Xavier Grall and Yann Choucq in the 1970s. Xavier Grall (1930 - 1981 was a journalist and poet from Brittany, France. He was a participant of the "colloque Bretagne" and self-government, in 1973. He wrote the preface in Morvan Lebesque's book: "peut-on être breton ? Essai sur la démocratie française" (How to be a Breton? An essay about French democracy). Morvan Lebesque (Nantes January 11 1911 - Brazil 4 July 1970 was the Breton language name of Maurice Lebesque, a Breton nationalist activist and French in 1985, he founded the publishing business Beltan. He promoted the work of his father, the painter Maurice Le Scouëzec.
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He became Grand Druid "Pœllgor" on April 1, 1979, and then he became the Grand Druid of Brittany, succeeding Per Loisel on November 1, 1980. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Brittany (Breizh bʁejs Bretagne; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is a former independent Celtic kingdom and Duchy, now incorporated into Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The association Goursez Vreizh (Gorsedd of Brittany) also known as "Fraternité des druides, bardes et ovates de Bretagne" (Fraternity of the Druids, Bards and Ovates of Brittany), represents Neo-druidism most regularly. Goursez Vreizh is the national Gorsedd of Brittany ("Breizh" in Breton) Etymology The word is a Loanword from descendant languages of Proto-Celtic *bardos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gwerh2 The earliest Latin writers used vates to denote "prophets" and soothsayers in general the word fell into disuse in Latin until it was revived by Virgil Neo-druidism or neo-druidry (referred to simply as Druidry by some adherents is a form of modern Spirituality or Religion that promotes
Gwenc’hlan is the fifth Grand Druid of our time, according to the Gorsedd de Bretagne. In November 1993, he united a group of freemasons, forming "loge maçonnique de la pierre pour ensuite y instaurer le rite maçonnique forestier" (a freemason lodge of the stone, to preserve the masonic forest rites).
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In collaboration with Jean-Robert Masson:
- Pierres sacrées de Bretagne : calvaires et enclos paroissiaux (1982)
- Pierres sacrées de Bretagne: croix et sanctuaires (1983)
- Bretagne mégalithique (1987)
- Enez Eusa, Ouessant mystérieux (avec Maï-Sous Robert-Dantec). Quimper : Élisart Éditeur, 2001.
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