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According to Hals, the Feast was kept on July 5 ; it is now 

 observed on July 15, ten days after, i.e. on the eve (old style). 



July 5 is the Feast of S. Etaine. Edania, or Etain, Virgin 

 of Tumna, in Moylurg, C° Eoscommon. In the Felire of 

 O'Gorman she is described as "fair Edaina, of full and immaculate 

 virginity." The name Stythians is a compound of 8aint and 

 Etain ; and as the Feast of Stithiana, and that of Etain are on 

 the same day, their identity may be said to be probable. 



She was the sister of S. lllogan (Illadhan) and of S. Derwe 

 (Derchartain). 



Both Etaine and her sister were disciples of S. Monynna, 

 whom I have identified with S. Morwenna, and they were asso- 

 ciated with Brig, the Breaca of West Cornwall. The rule of 

 Monynna was very severe, and the unfortunate sisters were 

 nearly starved to death, S. Ibar, of Begerry, was appealed to 

 and he remonstrated, and insisted that they should be given a 

 more generous diet. There was, however, a revolt in the com- 

 munity that led to the expulsion of the abbess. Whether 

 Etain and her sister took part in this we do not know. 



Etain is sometimes confounded with Modwenna, for the names 

 are really the same. Mo-Etaoin, that is Etain with the affec- 

 tionate prefix, becomes Modwen by an easy transition. She 

 founded a church and cell at Tumna, or Tuaim-mna ' ' The 

 Tomb of the Women." The ruined church remains romantically 

 situated on the south side of the lower lake of the E,iver Boyle, 

 near where it enters the Shannon. Her Holy Well and grave 

 are shown there. 



It was, as I have suggested under lllogan /^xiv, 277, which 

 see), the outbreak of the Yellow Death in 547 that drove Etain, 

 her sister and brother to Cornwall. 



S. Stmphorian, Martyr. 



The churches of Forrabury and Yeryan are dedicated to 

 Symphorian, martyr, of Autun in Gaul, 180. The ancient name 

 of Veryan was Elerky. S. Symphorian's Day is August 22. 



In 1876 the late Eev. John Adams, who had contributed 

 notes on Cornish Saints to the Journals of the Royal Institution 



