Saint Wenna
Wenna (c. 463 – c. 18 October ???) is a Cornish saint and the dedicatee of several churches, venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, and Anglican Communion.[1][2] Her feast day is 18 October.[3]
Wenna founded churches in Talgarth,[4] Wales, and St Wenn, Cornwall, and chapels at St Kew, Cornwall and Cheristow, near Stoke-by-Hartland, Devon.
Biography
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Wenna is thought to have been a daughter of Brychan a legendary king of Brycheiniog in South Wales. Her first church was at Talgarth, near her home.
She, Nectan (her brother), and possibly other siblings evangelized Cornwall where she founded the church at St Wenn (near Bodmin) and chapels at St Kew and Cheristow near Hartland.
She was murdered by pagans on 18 October of an unknown year at Talgarth.
She should not be confused with her niece Wenna (Gwen ferch Cynyr), a 6th-century queen.
References
- ^ Nicholas Orme, The Saints of Cornwall (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), p. 251])
- ^ "EBK: St. Wenna of Talgarth". www.earlybritishkingdoms.com.
- ^ "Celtic and Old English Saints - 18 October". celticsaints.org.
- ^ "EBK: St. Wenna of Talgarth". www.earlybritishkingdoms.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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