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  2. Saint Piran - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Penhale Sands - Wikipedia

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    Penhale Sands (Cornish: Peran Treth, meaning St Piran's sands), or Penhale Dunes, is a complex of sand dunes and a protected area for its wildlife, on the north Cornwall coast in England, UK. It is the most extensive system of sand dunes in Cornwall and is believed to be the landing site of Saint Piran .

  4. Perran Round - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of Cornish saints - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Truro - Wikipedia

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    St Piran's, dedicated to Our Lady of the Portal and St Piran, was built on the site of a medieval chapel by Margaret Steuart Pollard in 1973, for which she received the Benemerenti Medal from the Pope. [71] The Baptist church building occupies the site of the former Lake's pottery, one of the oldest in Cornwall.

  7. St Piran's Day: Why Cornwall celebrates an Irish saint - AOL

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  8. Perranarworthal - Wikipedia

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    Notable people from Perranarworthal include Charles Fox and Barclay Fox, managers of the Perran Foundry; Saint Piran [22] or Perran after whom Perran Foundry was named; the poet Jane Crewdson, née Fox, was born here; William Jory Henwood, mining geologist was born at Perran Wharf; William Lobb (1809–1864), a plant collector was responsible ...

  9. Rose, Cornwall - Wikipedia

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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.