130 CORNISH DEDICATIONS. 



That Merfhyr had the same meaning outside the region 

 occupied by the .Irish we do not know. It had, as shown, a 

 different meaning in Wales. 



Another name by which these Cemeteries was known in 

 Ireland was relig^ probably because the Apostle of the Irish 

 placed some relic, or supposed relic, in them to consecrate them. 



The date of S. Eoghain's death is thought to have been 

 570. But this is probably too late ; his friend and fellow student, 

 Tighernach, died in 548. 



There is a representation of S. Euny on the churchyard 

 cross at S. Ives. 



William of Worcester gives as his day February 1 . 



At Redruth and Lelant the Feast is observed on February 2. 



But at Lelant also on August 15. 



In Ireland, Eoghain is commemorated August 23.* 



In Brittany, as 8. Uniac, Ugnac, or Igneue, on August 2. 



There is a parish, Plou-Ignau, that bears his name in the 

 diocese of Quimper. 



The dedications in Cornwall are : — 

 The church of Uny-Lelant. 

 The church of Eedruth. 

 A chapel at Sancreed. 

 A chapel at S. Just in Penwith. 

 A chapel and cemetery at Merthyr Uny, in Wendron. 



In Grulval, some years ago, an inscribed cross-shaff was 

 found bearing on it " Unui." The fragment has been re-erected, 

 by inadvertance, upside down. 



The Life of S. Eoghain is among those in the Salamanca 

 Codex. 



S. EvAL, Bishop, Confessor. 

 In 1322 Bishop Stapeldon issued an order relative to the 

 church " Sancti Uvelli," and Bishop Bronescombe also calls the 

 patron of S. Evals — Uvellus. Wythiel parish church is likewise 

 dedicated to him. 



* So also Wbytford in bis Martjrrology. 



