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St Buriana
6th-century Irish saint who missionized in Cornwall
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Feast: 1 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
600
Died
600
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Buriana, also known as Berriona, Beriana, Bruinseach, Buryan, Beryan, or Berion was a 6th-century Irish saint, a hermit in St Buryan, near Penzance, Cornwall. Baring-Gould identifies her with the Irish saint Bruinsech.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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
- Santi, beati e testimoni — SantaBuriana di Cornovaglia — SantaBuriana di Cornovaglia — Vergine — † 530 circa — feast 4 giugno
- Wikidata Q4099574 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Buriana (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.