Mabyn
Cornish saint
Feast: 18 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Mabyn, also known as Mabena, Mabon, etc., was a medieval Cornish saint. According to local Cornish tradition she was one of the many children of Brychan, king of Brycheiniog in Wales in the 5th century. The village and civil parish of St Mabyn is named for her, and the local St Mabyn Parish Church is dedicated to her.
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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
- Brynach Saint Parent, Father
- Cymorth Saint Mother, Parent
- Cynog Saint Brother or sister
- Dingad of Llandingat Saint Brother or sister
- Morwenna Saint Brother or sister
- Nectan of Hartland Saint Brother or sister
- Saint Endelienta Saint Brother or sister
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales (Catholic, imprimatur), list of Cornish patron saints — 'Mabena, Patron of St. Mabyn's' — the Cornish parish and parish church of St Mabyn carry her dedication, a pre-Reformation parochial veneration, not merely a Brychan genealogy.
- Wikidata Q2512103 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mabyn (CC BY-SA)
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