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Noyale
Welsh saint
Feast: 11 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Noyale (Latin: Noyala), also known as Noaluen, was a semi-legendary 5th-century Celtic saint and virgin martyr. She is a popular saint in both Brittany and Cornwall, where she is memorialized at Newlyn East. According to legend, it is there that a fig tree growing from the south wall of the church grew from Noyale's staff. A holy well nearby was the site of her martyrdom. She was one of the numerous Celtic settlers who travelled to Brittany during the Anglo-Saxon invasion of England.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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- Santi e Beati — Santa Noiala, vergine e martire in Bretagna, festa 6 luglio — Also in Nominis as 'Sainte Noyale de Pontivy, martyre en Bretagne (VIe siècle)'. Patron of St Newlyn East in Cornwall, with a chapel at Pontivy whose 18th-century paintings told her legend; a cephalophore virgin martyr o
- Wikidata Q17984768 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Noyale (CC BY-SA)
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