406 CORNISH DEDICATIONS. 



He is also mentioned in tlie Life of his friend and com- 

 panion, S. Eoghain, of Ardstraw. 



His residence in Cornwall pro])al:)ly took place before he 

 settled at Clones, and after he had left Ty Gwyn. 



The only church founded by him there is Northill. 



The day of S. Tighernach in the Irish Calendars is April 4. 



In the Aberdeen Breviary on April 5. So also Whytford 

 and the Felire of Gorman. In the Welsh Calendar on this day 

 S. Teyrnog. But the Welsh say he was of the family of Ceredig, 

 and was brother of S. Caranog. These must have been different 

 persons. Or else, what is more probable, the scandalous story 

 of the birth of Tighernach is fable. 



In the Leon Breviary his day is October 1 1 . 



The revel day at Northill is on the 8th September, or the 

 Sunday after. 



In Art he should be represented as a bishop holding two 

 staves (Clones and Clogher) and with a chalice into which a rain- 

 drop is falling. 



In Brittany is a S. Thegonnee who seems to have been con- 

 founded with Tighernach, but who was a disciple of S. Paul of 

 Leon, His day is September 6. 



St. Tudy, Abbot, Confessor. 



In Domesday the parish of St. Tudy is called Eglos-Tudic. 

 In Bishop Bytton's Register it is Ecclesia S" Tudii ; so also in 

 the Taxation of Pope Nicolas iv. In the Registers of Stapeldon, 

 1308, G-randisson 1348 and 1366, and Stafford 1402, it is the 

 same. 



Tudy was possibly Tydecho, in Breton Tudec, son of Gildas, 

 or else Tudwg, son of Tyfodiog; he became a discijile of S. 

 Cennyd, son of Gildas. It is more probable that he is the latter. 



He joined himself to S. Mawes, and was with that saint 

 when he was in Cornwall. Afterwards he attached himself to 

 ^, Winwaloe, 



