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Saint Gwinear
cornish saint
Feast: 23 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Gwinear, Guigner, was a Celtic martyr, one of only two early Cornish saints whose biographies survived the Reformation. The Life of Gwinear was written in the early 14th century by a priest named Anselm, and has sometimes been printed among the works of Anselm of Canterbury. His feast day is March 23.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Anselm of Canterbury Saint“The Life of Gwinear was written in the early 14th century by a priest named Anselm, and has sometimes been printed among the works of Anselm of Canterbury.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q2045593 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Gwinear (CC BY-SA)
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