List of Cornish saints

Flag of St Piran, used as a flag of Cornwall

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 Devon or Brittany.

The Archangel Michael from Perugino's triptych in the Certosa of Pavia *The Archangel Michael was recognized as the patron saint of Cornwall in early times

For more information see the works of Canon Doble (1880–1945) and Nicholas Orme's book, The Saints of Cornwall (2000).

List of some of the well-known Cornish saints

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 Brioc Saint Budoc Saint Buriana Saint Carantoc Saint Constantine Saint Cuby

Saint Endelienta Saint Erc Saint Felec Saint Gerren Saint Gwinear Saint Ia Saint Just Saint Kea Saint Keyne

Saint Levan Saint Mabyn Saint Materiana Saint Melor Saint Meriasek Saint Morwenna Saint Nectan Saint Padarn

Saint Petroc Saint Piran Saint Rumonus Saint Sennen Saint Tallanus Saint Ursula Saint Wenna Saint Winwaloe

Books about saints by Charles Henderson

Saint Carantoc 1928 Saint Clether 1930 Saint Cuby 1929 Saint Day 1933 Saint Euny 1933 Saint Gerent, Gerendus, Gerens 1938 Saint Gudwal or Gurval 1933 Saint Mawgan 1936 Saint Melor 1927 Saint Nectan, S. Keyne and the Children of Brychan in Cornwall 1930

Saint Neot 1929 Saint Nonna 1928 Saint Perran, Saint Keverne, & Saint Kerrian 1931 Saint Petrock 1938 Saint Rumon and Saint Ronan 1939 Saint Selevan 1928 Saint Senan 1928 Saint Sezni 1928 Saint Tudy 1929 Saint Winnoc 1940

See also

• Llan place name element

References

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

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 0859895165
• 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