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Gobrian or Gribrian was in priest's orders when he arrived at 

 Rheims. He is represented as the senior of the saintly band. 

 All settled in the region of Chalons- sur-Marne, but dispersed to 

 solitary spots, only assembling for the ministration of the 

 Eucharist at the oratory of Gobrian. He is said to have divided 

 his time between work and prayer, and to have died and been 

 buried in his oratory. This was destroyed by the Normans. The 

 body was translated to Eheims ; it went in fact through several 

 translations, the last in 1114. 



In the dioceses of Chalons and Eheims his day is May 8 and 

 11. In a Dol Calendar (Eawlinson, Lit. MSS.), on November 3rd, 

 Gobriani abbatis. There was a Bishop of Vannes called Gobrian 

 who died in 725 ; his day is November 10, 16, or 19. 



S. Kewe or Kywe, "Virgin, Abbess. 

 S. Kewe occurs as Kigwe in the Welsh Calendar (Bibl. 

 Cotton. Vesp. A. xiv) of the 12th century, and she occurs on the 

 same day, February 8, in the Exeter Marty rology. 



The old name for the parish of S. Kewe was Lannou, and S. 

 Kewe's was a chapel in the church or cemetery. In 1372, owing 

 to both chapel and cemetery having been polluted, the Bishop 

 issued a commission to John Bishop of Comagene, acting as his 

 deputy, to reconcile both. 



There is a church in Monmouthshire Llangiwa, but nothing 

 is there known of Ciwa, after whom it is named, either as to 

 origin or sex. Kigwe or Cygwe is but the Welsh form of Cuach. 



I am inclined to suspect that Kigwe is none other than 

 Cuach, the nurse of S. Kieran, and a notable abbess in Ireland. 

 We have her in the south at Ladock. At S. Teath, close by, we 

 have an Itha foundation, and it is j)ossible that at S. Kewe we 

 may have another Irish foundation by a second great Irish Abbess. 



In the Irish Calendars, Cuach is commemorated on January 

 8, instead of February 8. 



S. Cuacha or Cuach was daughter of Talan, and her brother 

 Caiman is numbered among the saints. Her sister Atracta was 

 veiled by S. Patrick, and became more famous than Cuacha. She 

 was related to Ere (S. Erth) of Slane. Her mother's name was 

 Caemel. 



