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Saint Senara
Cornish saint
SaintDate unknown
Born
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Died
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Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Saint Senara, also known as Asenora, Sinara, or Sennara, is a legendary Cornish saint with links to the village of Zennor on the north coast of Cornwall, UK. St Senara's Church, Zennor is dedicated to her, and according to legend her name inspired the name of the village of Zennor along with local features like Zennor Head and Zennor Quoit.
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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.
Sources
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales (Catholic, imprimatur), Appendix — Cornish patron saints — 'Senara, Patron of Zennor (O., p. 443; Chal. Suppl. App.)' — Stanton records her veneration and refers to Challoner's Britannia Sancta Supplement. St Senara's Church at Zennor in Cornwall is dedicated to her; a male 'Sanctus S
- Wikidata Q7402172 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Senara (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.