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however, in 1400, the vicarage is described as that of " Sancte 

 Ide, alias Egloscruk." But Bishop Brantingham, 26 April, 1382, 

 makes the same blunder, calling the church that " Sanctorum 

 Ide et Lydi de Egloscruk." 



S. Ith or Itha can be regarded as a martyr only in consider- 

 ation of her painful final illness. 



The question may be raised, how comes it that we have 

 dedications to her, or foundations bearing her name, in Devon 

 and Cornwall ? Probably S. Petrock had something to do with 

 this. S. Dagan, who was a disciple of S. Petrock and of S. 

 Pulcherius, was nephew of S. Itha. Petrock who had been trained 

 in Ireland, when settling in Cornwall, would wish to establish 

 communities for women there, and he would almost certainly send 

 to Ireland for some trained in the great female schools there to 

 undertake a similar work in Dumnonia. 



Dedications to 8. Itha are : — 



The parish church of S. Issey. Ecton gives Issye alias Ithy. 

 ,, ,, Mevagissey, according to Ecton is 



dedicated conjointly to S. Mewan and S. Issey. 



The parish church of S. Teath. 



,, ,, Ide, near Exeter. 



A ruined chapel in Little Petherick. 



„ ,, Helsborough Camp, Michaelstow ; where 



she is known as S. Sith. 



Her life is in Colgan's Acta Sanctorum Hibernise ; she is 

 also mentioned in the Lives of S. Brendan, S. Cieran of Clon- 

 macnois and S. Pulcherius. 



S. Issey Eeast is on the Sunday nearest to November 20. 

 S. Teath Fairs are on the last Tuesday in February and the first 

 Tuesday in July. 



In Art she should be represented in white as an Irish Abbess, 

 with a stag-beatle or crab at her side, or with an angel bearing- 

 loaves, as it was fabled that she was fed with bread from heaven. 



S. IvE of S. Ive's Bay, see Hia. 



