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to the Franciscan Order, the use of an office for the Holy Name, 

 but it was not till 1721, that Innocent XIII extended the obser- 

 vance to the whole Latin Church. 



' Boyton had had a church long before the introduction of the 

 Holy Name into England. It is named in the Taxation of Pope 

 Nicolas IV, 1288-91, and in the Register of Bishop Grandisson, 

 1360. The village Feast is in the second week in August, and 

 the day of the Holy Name is August 7 in the Salisbury and York 

 Calendars. The day, however, appointed for the commemora- 

 tion by the Franciscans was January 14. 



At Grrampound is a chapel of S. Non ; and at Porthscatho in 

 S. Gerrans is a Holy Well bearing her name. 



WiUiam of "Worcester, copying from the Calendar of S. 

 Michael's Mount says " S. Nonnita, mother of David, lies in the 

 church of Altarnou, where S. David was born." 



That she may have been buried there is possible, but 

 that S. David was born there is inadmissible. The Bretons, 

 however, claim to have her tomb at Dirinon to the south of 

 the Elorn that flows into the harbour of Brest. Indeed, a 1 5th 

 century tomb is there shewn, erected over her sepulchre, with her 

 statue on it. On the opposite side of the Eloi*n is a dedication to 

 S. David under the name of Divy. S. Non's Holy Well is 

 resorted to at Dirinon. A drama representing her story was for 

 many years acted on her festival there ; an account and abstract 

 of it have been printed in the " Archpeologia Cambrensis " 

 (1858). 



Other dedications to Non in Brittany are Lagona-daoulas 

 and Lagona-Quimerch in the Diocese of Quimper. Lagona is a 

 coiTuption of Lann-nona ; but it is doubtful if this be not a 

 totally different S. Non or Ninidh, a bishop. 



In Wales the churches and chapels dedicated to her are : — 

 Llanllwch Aeron, in Cardiganshire ; Llannon a chapel under 

 Pembre, Carmarthenshire ; Llannon, formerly a chapel under 

 Llansanffraid, Cardiganshire ; and the ruined chapel already 

 spoken of near S. David's, Pembrokeshire. 



In Wales S. Non was commemorated on March 3. 

 In Brittany her feast is on October 8, 



