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Piran or Pyran (Cornish: Peran; Latin: Piranus [6]), died c. 480, [1] [7] [8] [9] was a 5th-century Cornish abbot and saint, possibly of Irish origin. He is the patron saint of tin-miners, and is also generally regarded as the patron saint of Cornwall, although Michael and Petroc also have some claim to this title.
Building covering the partly excavated St Piran's Oratory in 1952. Penhale Sands and Perran Beach are believed to be the 6th century landing site of Saint Piran from Ireland, regarded the bringer of Christianity to, and the patron saint of Cornwall. [6] On this site, situated in a hollow, St Piran's Oratory was built around this time.
Perran Round (also known as St Piran's Round) is an amphitheatre in the hamlet of Rose, midway between the villages of Goonhavern and Perranporth, Cornwall, UK. It is described as the best surviving example of a plen-an-gwary , a medieval amphitheatre used for performing the Ordinalia , or Cornish miracle plays, [ 1 ] and Cornish wrestling ...
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Rose (Cornish: Ros) [1] is a hamlet in mid-Cornwall, UK.Rose is to the north-west of Goonhavern and east of Perranporth. [2]Between Rose and Lower Rose is St Piran's Round (also known as Perran Round) (grid reference), a circular earthwork which could have originally been an Iron Age circular enclosure.
Inside St Michael's Church, Michaelstow St Piran (detail of a stained glass window at Truro Cathedral). Nothing is known about the beginnings of Christianity in Cornwall. Scilly has been identified as the place of exile of two heretical 4th-century bishops from Gaul, Instantius and Tiberianus, who were followers of Priscillian and were banished after the Council of Bordeaux in
The chapel's earliest recorded mention is in May 1457 when Parson John Gregory had a licence to celebrate mass in the Chapels of St Piran and St Denys (the latter being at Trevena). The building was used for farm purposes after the Reformation. A field above the building, Chapel Meadow, was named on the Tithe map, 1841.
Perranporth is centred on a main street, St Piran's Road, part of the B3285 Newquay to St Agnes road. The town centre has various shops, cafés and pubs. The long-distance South West Coast Path runs past the town. There is a long-distance coach service provided by National Express (service 316) which runs between London and Perranporth.