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Martyrologies commeinorale the sons of Geran. Wliothey were is 

 not said, nor who the Greran is who is there mentioned. Gereon 

 the fabulous martyr at Cologne is commemorated on Oct. 10. 



In Cornwall the church of Grerrans claims him as founder. 

 His palace was at Din Gerrein in the parish, where earthworks 

 remain. This is probably the Dinurrin from which a Bishop 

 hailed, Kensteg, who made his submission to Archbishop 

 Coelnoth, in or about 866. Geraint's tomb was shown at Carn 

 Point, where he was said to lie in a golden boat, with silver oars, an 

 interesting instance of persistence of tradition in associating him 

 with ships. When the tumulus was excavated by treasure 

 seekers in 1855, a kistvaen was discovered and bones, but no 

 precious metal. As S. Geraint fell at Llongborth he would hardly 

 have been conveyed to Cornwall for interment. 



In Anthony, in Eoseland, is Kill-Gerran, the cell of Geraint. 

 In Philleigh parish was a chapel, now ruined, but the wood in 

 which it stood still bears his name. Gerran's Bay and Gerran's 

 Point also recall him. In the Myrrian Archaeology is a poem by 

 Lywarch Hen as an elegy on his death. 



It has been thought that the virtuous wife of Caradog 

 Freichfras who figures in the ballad of the Boy and the Mantle, 

 and whose liame was Tegau Eurfron was a daughter of Geraint, 

 but this is not certain. According to one account she was 

 daughter of Nudd Hael. 



No representations of Geraint remain, but were he to be 

 figured, as he ought to be in some of our churches, he should be 

 crowned as a King, by his side a golden boat, with silver oars, 

 and in his hand a sword. 



S. Gerran's Feast is on 10th Au2:ust. 



S. Germanus, Bishox3, Confessor. 

 Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre, according to the Welsh 

 pedigrees, was son of Eedgitus, and his sister was married to 

 Aldor or Audrian, brother of Constantine of Cornwall, or " The 

 Blessed." It is unnecessary to give here his history, with any 

 approach to fulness, as it is easily accessible. I will confine 

 myself to his connexion with our islands. 



