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Flag of St Piran, used as a flag of Cornwall St Piran portrayed in a stained glass window in Truro Cathedral. 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.
A reputed King of Cornwall named Constantine was venerated in Cornwall as a saint, one of several saints named Constantine known in the Celtic church; St Corentin, missionary to Brittany [1] John of Cornwall, medieval scholar; St Petroc, a patron saint of Cornwall and of Devon [2] St Piran, a patron saint of Cornwall and tin miners [3]
Pages in category "Medieval Cornish saints" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adwen; Austol; B.
Many place names in Cornwall are associated with Christian missionaries described as coming from Ireland and Wales in the 5th century AD and usually called saints (See List of Cornish saints). The historicity of some of these missionaries is problematic [ 5 ] and it has been pointed out by Canon Doble that it was customary in the Middle Ages to ...
Medieval Cornish saints (2 C, 53 P) Pages in category "Cornish saints" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
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.
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Mybbard (Mewbred or Mebbred),also known as Calrogus was a 6th century hermit and is a local Cornish saint [1] said to be the son of a King of Ireland.. Very little is known of his life though he is recorded as having been beheaded, with two others, by the pagan ruler Melyn ys Kynrede in what is today the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey, near Fowey, [2] Cornwall.