List of Cornish saints
This is a list of Cornish saints, including saints more loosely associated with Cornwall: many of them will have links to sites elsewhere in regions with significant ancient British history, such as Wales, Brittany or Devon.
Patron saints of Cornwall
The modern patron saint of Cornwall is considered to be Saint Piran, who is the namesake of the villages of Perranzabuloe and Perranuthnoe. Saint Piran also serves as the patron saint of tin miners, with tin and copper mining historically serving as major industries in Cornwall.
The Archangel Michael[2] and Saint Petroc have also been listed as patron saints of Cornwall. Saint Michael is still recognised by the Anglican Church as the "Protector of Cornwall",[3] and Saint Petroc was patron of the Cornish diocese and founded the monastery of Bodmin.[4]
Cornish saints
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Other saints associated with Cornwall
- Saint Blaise, a saint from historical Lesser Armenia who lends his name to the Cornish town of St Blazey and the civil parish of St Blaise
- Saint Budoc, a Breton saint with associations to Devon. The Cornish village of Budock Water and its church of St. Budock are named after the saint.
- Saint Clarus, an 8th-century English saint founded a parish church in St. Cleer, Cornwall before he fled to hermitage in Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, France.
- Saint Constantine, one or many British or Pictish saints revered in Devon and Cornwall, lending his name to the Cornish villages of Constantine and Constantine Bay.
- Saint Day (patron of St Day)
- Saint Dominica, namesake of the Cornish village of St. Dominic
- Saint Gluvias (patron of St Gluvias)
- Saint Gwithian (patron of Gwithian)
- Saint Hydrock (patron of Lanhydrock)
- Saint Indract
- Saint Julitta (patron of Lanteglos by Camelford and St Juliot)
- Saint Justus, fourth archbishop of Canterbury; patron of St Just in Penwith and St Just in Roseland
- Saint Sidwell, an 8th-century saint from Exeter with a dedicated church and holy well in the Cornish village of Laneast
- Saint Ursula, a 4th-century Romano-British saint thought to have been the daughter of Dionotus, ruler of Cornwall. However, this attribution to her ancestry has been identified as a potential misreading of the Latin words Deo notus by Geoffrey of Monmouth, the 12th-century British cleric and writer.
- Saint Winwaloe, a Breton saint born to Cornish parents. St. Wynwallow's Church in Landewednack, Cornwall, is dedicated to him and is the most southerly parish in mainland Britain.
Honorary canons of Truro
The 24 honorary canons of Truro Cathedral occupy stalls named after 24 saints (almost all of them Cornish): Carantoc; Buriana; Germoe; Conan; Winwalloe; Nectan; Petroc; Adwenna; Piran; Constantine; Cybi; Paul; Breaca; Neot; Rumon; Sampson; German; Meriadoc; Euni; Ia; Endelienta; Columb; Corentin; Aldhelm.[5][6]
Modern Cornish saints
More recent Cornishmen recognized for sanctity include the Irish-Cornish martyr Blessed John Cornelius.
Some of the bishops of Truro are commemorated in the calendar: Edward White Benson, John Gott and Walter Frere.[7]
See also
References
- Nicholas Roscarrock (d. 1634) left an interesting account of the lives of the saints.[8]
- ^ "The Legend of St Piran", BBC
- ^ Henderson, Charles (1935) "Cornwall and her patron saint", In: his Essays in Cornish History. Oxford: Clarendon Press; pp. 197–201
- ^ Wyatt, Tim (2 May 2014). "Cornish welcome new status". Church Times. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ Caroline Brett, "Petroc (fl. 6th cent.)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 December 2008
- ^ Truro Diocesan Directory; A.D. 1977; p. 7
- ^ The Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 48-49
- ^ Truro Diocesan Directory; A.D. 1977; pp. 2-3
- ^ Roscarrock; Genuki
Further reading
- Orme, Nicholas (1996) English Church Dedications: With a Survey of Cornwall and Devon, University of Exeter Press ISBN 0-85989-516-5
- Ellis, P. B. (1992) The Cornish Saints. Penryn: Tor Mark Press (A brief basic guide giving accounts of 120 saints)
- Bowen, E. G. (1954) The Settlements of the Celtic Saints in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press
- Baring-Gould, S.; Fisher, John (1907–13) Lives of the British Saints: the saints of Wales and Cornwall and such Irish saints as have dedications in Britain. 4 vols. London: For the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, by C. J. Clark
- Rees, W. J. (ed.) (1853) Lives of the Cambro British Saints: of the fifth and immediate succeeding centuries, from ancient Welsh & Latin mss. in the British Museum and elsewhere, with English translations and explanatory notes. Llandovery: W. Rees
- Wade-Evans, A. W. (ed.) (1944). Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae. Cardiff: University of Wales Press Board. (Lives of saints: Bernachius, Brynach. Beuno. Cadocus, Cadog. Carantocus (I and II), Carannog. David, Dewi sant. Gundleius, Gwynllyw. Iltutus, Illtud. Kebius, Cybi. Paternus, Padarn. Tatheus. Wenefred, Gwenfrewi.--Genealogies: De situ Brecheniauc. Cognacio Brychan. Ach Knyauc sant. Generatio st. Egweni. Progenies Keredic. Bonedd y saint.)