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Wenna
Welsh saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 18 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
600
Died
544
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Wenna (Welsh: Gwen) was a medieval princess and Christian martyr who flourished in Wales and Cornwall. Later venerated as a saint, she is honoured at multiple churches in Cornwall and Devon.
Summary from Wikipedia, Saint Wenna (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.
Connected on this site
- Cybi Saint Child
Sources
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales (Catholic, imprimatur), Appendix — Cornish patron saints — 'Wenna, or Wenn, Patroness of Morwd and of St. Wenn (O., pp. 441, 443).' The Welsh/Cornish Gwen, mother of St Cybi, patron of the Cornish parishes of St Wenn and Morval; feast 18 October, matching the entry. No URL held;
- Wikidata Q43538963 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.