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.

The Archangel Michael from Perugino's triptych in the Certosa of Pavia *The Archangel Michael was recognized as the patron saint of Cornwall in medieval times; his cult however was introduced to the land by the Normans. In the calendar of the Church of England diocese of Truro, 8 May is the feast of St. Michael, Protector of Cornwall. The archangel Michael is one of the three patron saints of Cornwall.^[1]

Flag of St Piran, used as a flag of Cornwall

St Piran portrayed in a stained glass window in Truro Cathedral

List of some of the well-known Cornish saints

For more information see the works of Canon Doble (1880–1945),^[2]Nicholas Orme's book, The Saints of Cornwall (2000),^[3][4] and the works of Charles Henderson

N.B. All these have dedications in Cornwall but not all have legends or traditions associating them with Cornwall.

Saint Austell Saint Blaise Saint Breaca Saint Bryvyth (Brevita) Saint Budoc Saint Buriana Saint Cleer[5] Saint Carantoc Saint Constantine Saint Cuby Saint Day Saint Dominica (patron saint of St. Dominick) Saint Endelienta Saint Erth Saint Euny Saint Felec Saint Gerren Saint Gluvias Saint Gudwal or Gurval Saint Gwinear Saint Gwinnodock[5]

Saint Gwithian[5] Saint Hydrock Saint Ia (Ives) Saint Indract (chapel in St. Dominick) Saint Ivo of Ramsey Saint Julitta Saint Just Saint Kea Saint Keyne Saint Levan Saint Lide Saint Mabyn Saint Madern of Madron Saint Materiana (Madryn of Gwent) Saint Mawes Saint Melor Saint Menefrida Saint Meriasek Saint Morwenna Saint Nectan Saint Neot

Saint Nonna Saint Padarn Saint Petroc "the captain of Cornish saints" according to Thomas Fuller Saint Piran the patron saint of tin miners and of Cornwall Saint Rumonus Saint Samson of Dol Saint Senara Saint Senanus (or Senana) of Sennen Saint Sidwell Saint Sulien Saint Tallanus Saint Tetha (Teath, Tecla) Saint Tudy Saint Ursula Saint Veep Saint Wenna Saint Winwaloe Wyllow

Honorary canons of Truro

A stained glass window in the chancel of Tintagel church which depicts St Piran (left) and St Julitta

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.^[6][7]

Modern Cornish saints

More recent Cornishmen recognized for sanctity include the Irish-Cornish martyr Blessed John Cornelius.

See also

• Cornwall portal

• Llan place name element
• List of Welsh saints
• List of saints of the Canary Islands

References

• Nicholas Roscarrock (d. 1634) left an interesting account of the lives of the saints.^[8]

1. "The Legend of St Piran", BBC
2. A long series of books on individual saints, and the 5 volumes The Saints of Cornwall which are based on them
3. Orme, Nicholas (2000). The Saints of Cornwall. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-820765-4.
4. French, Katherine (February 2001). "Review of Orme's The Saints of Cornwall". Retrieved 15 September 2009.
5. The Saints of Great Britain and Ireland - a synaxarion
6. Truro Diocesan Directory; A.D. 1977; p. 7
7. The Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 48-49
8. Roscarrock; Genuki

St Petroc's Cross, used as a flag of Devon

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.)

External links

• A - Z of saints by St Patrick's Washington DC