Adwen
Welsh saint
Feast: 6 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Adwen or Adwenna is purported to have been a 5th-century Christian virgin and saint. According to historian Nicholas Orme, Adwen was identified in the original tradition as a brother of Nectan of Hartland, but subsequently misclassified by Charles Henderson in the 18th century as female.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Cynog Saint Brother or sister
- Dingad of Llandingat Saint Brother or sister
- Nectan of Hartland Saint Brother or sister“According to historian Nicholas Orme, Adwen was identified in the original tradition as a brother of Nectan of Hartland, but subsequently misclassified by Charles Henderson in the 18th century as female.” — Wikipedia
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales (Catholic, imprimatur), appendix of Cornish patron saints — 'Adwen, the same as Advent' — patron of the Cornish parish church of Advent (St Adwen), listed among the Cornish patrons; a real pre-Reformation parochial veneration, not merely a genealogy.
- Wikidata Q18589182 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Adwen (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.