List of Cornish saints
This is a list of Cornish saints, including saints more loosely associated with Cornwall: many of them will have links to sites elsewhere in regions with significant ancient British history, such as Wales, Brittany or Devon.
Patron saints of Cornwall
The modern patron saint of Cornwall is considered to be Saint Piran, who is the namesake of the villages of Perranzabuloe and Perranuthnoe. Saint Piran also serves as the patron saint of tin miners, with tin and copper mining historically serving as major industries in Cornwall.The Archangel Michael and Saint Petroc have also been listed as patron saints of Cornwall. Saint Michael is still recognised by the Anglican Church as the "Protector of Cornwall", and Saint Petroc was patron of the Cornish diocese and founded the monastery of Bodmin.
Cornish saints
- Saint Austell
- Saint Breaca
- Saint Bryvyth
- Saint Buriana
- Saint Carantoc
- Saint Cuby
- Saint Endelienta
- Saint Erth
- Saint Euny
- Saint Felec
- Saint Gerren
- Saint Gudwal or Gurval
- Saint Gwinear
- Saint Gwinnodock
- Saint Ia
- Saint Ivo of Ramsey
- Saint Kea
- Saint Keyne
- Saint Levan
- Saint Lide
- Saint Mabyn
- Saint Madern of Madron
- Saint Materiana
- Saint Mawes
- Saint Melor
- Saint Menefrida
- Saint Meriasek
- Saint Morwenna
- Saint Nectan
- Saint Neot
- Saint Nonna
- Saint Padarn
- Saint Petroc, "the captain of Cornish saints" according to Thomas Fuller
- Saint Piran, the patron saint of tin miners and of Cornwall
- Saint Rumonus
- Saint Samson of Dol
- Saint Senara
- Saint Senanus of Sennen
- Saint Sulien
- Saint Tallanus
- Saint Tetha
- Saint Tudy
- Saint Veep
- Saint Wenna
- Saint Wyllow
Other saints associated with Cornwall
- Saint Blaise, a saint from historical Lesser Armenia who lends his name to the Cornish town of St Blazey and the civil parish of St Blaise
- Saint Budoc, a Breton saint with associations to Devon. The Cornish village of Budock Water and its church of St. Budock are named after the saint.
- Saint Clarus, an 8th-century English saint founded a parish church in St. Cleer, Cornwall before he fled to hermitage in Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, France.
- Saint Constantine, one or many British or Pictish saints revered in Devon and Cornwall, lending his name to the Cornish villages of Constantine and Constantine Bay.
- Saint Day
- Saint Dominica, namesake of the Cornish village of St. Dominic
- Saint Gluvias
- Saint Gwithian
- Saint Hydrock
- Saint Indract
- Saint Julitta
- Saint Justus, fourth archbishop of Canterbury; patron of St Just in Penwith and St Just in Roseland
- Saint Sidwell, an 8th-century saint from Exeter with a dedicated church and holy well in the Cornish village of Laneast
- Saint Ursula, a 4th-century Romano-British saint thought to have been the daughter of Dionotus, ruler of Cornwall. However, this attribution to her ancestry has been identified as a potential misreading of the Latin words Deo notus by Geoffrey of Monmouth, the 12th-century British cleric and writer.
- Saint Winwaloe, a Breton saint born to Cornish parents. St. Wynwallow's Church in Landewednack, Cornwall, is dedicated to him and is the most southerly parish in mainland Britain.
Honorary canons of Truro
The 24 honorary canons of Truro Cathedral occupy stalls named after 24 saints : Carantoc; Buriana; Germoe; Conan; Winwalloe; Nectan; Petroc; Adwenna; Piran; Constantine; Cybi; Paul; Breaca; Neot; Rumon; Sampson; German; Meriadoc; Euni; Ia; Endelienta; Columb; Corentin; Aldhelm.Modern Cornish saints
More recent Cornishmen recognized for sanctity include the Irish-Cornish martyr Blessed John Cornelius.Some of the bishops of Truro are commemorated in the calendar: Edward White Benson, John Gott and Walter Frere.