The earliest Life of Petroc states that he was the son of an unnamed Welsh king: the twelfth century version known as the Gotha Life, written at Bodmin, identifies that king as Glywys of Glywysing (Orme 2000, p. 215) and Petroc as a brother of Gwynllyw and uncle of Cadoc.
He studied in Ireland, where later he is said to have been the teacher of Saint Kevin. After studying, he began his mission to Cornwall. The name of his first monastery was Lanwethinoc ("the retreat of Wethinoc" an earlier holy man). He is said to have converted Constantine of Cornwall to Christianity. After thirty years, legend says that he went on the pilgrimage to Rome by way of Brittany. The place of his death was reputedly at a house belonging to a family named Rovel, thought to be a farm now called Treravel near Little Petherick.
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