Saint Endelienta
Cornish saint
Feast: 29 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Endelient (also Endelienta, Edellienta or Endellion) was a Cornish saint of the 5th and 6th century. She is believed to be a daughter of the Welsh King Brychan, and a native of South Wales who travelled to North Cornwall to join her siblings in converting the locals to Christianity. Legend says that she was a goddaughter of King Arthur, and that she lived as a hermit at Trentinney where she subsisted on the milk of a cow. The saint is commemorated in the church and village of St Endellion which bear her name; Endellion being an Anglicised version of her name. Her feast day is 29 April.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Brynach Saint Parent, Father
- Cymorth Saint Parent, Mother
- Cynog Saint Brother or sister
- Dingad of Llandingat Saint Brother or sister
- Mabyn Saint Brother or sister
- Morwenna Saint Brother or sister
- Nectan of Hartland Saint Brother or sister
- santiebeati.it — Santiebeati entry 72202: "Sant' Endelienda — Principessa, Vergine, V sec.", feast 20 April. Cornish saint of Endellion; Catholic entry confirms the veneration.
- Wikidata Q936150 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Endelient (CC BY-SA)
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