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Gwenafwy
Welsh pre-congregational saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 1 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Gwenafwy (Wenappa) (fl. 6th century) was a pre-congregational saint of medieval South Wales.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Connected on this site
Sources
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales (Catholic, imprimatur), Appendix — Cornish patron saints — 'Weneppa, or Gwennap, Patroness of Gunap, said to be sister of St. Nectan (O., p. 439)', cross-referenced from 'Gwennap, same as Wenappa'. The saint of the Cornish parish of Gwennap, feast 1 July, matching the entry. No
- Wikidata Q17479585 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gwenafwy (CC BY-SA)
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