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S. VoECH, Virgin. 



Lanlivery Church, according to Tonkin, is dedicated to S, 

 Vorch, and the name Lanlivery is Lan-le-Vorch. 



Ecton in his Thesaurus Eer. Eccl.. ed. Browne Willis (3rd 

 ed. 1763) gives S. Brevita as the patroness. 



Livery seems to be Vyrchis, the plural of Myrch, Mereh, 

 Verch, a Maiden. 



The Feast of Lanlivery is on the first Sunday after the first 

 Tuesday in May. 



S. Warnac, Bishop, Confessor. 



A bay in Scilly bears the name of S. Warnac or Warne. 

 Troutbeck, m his "Isles of Scilly," says that he is said by 

 tradition to have been an Irish saint, vfho came over in a 

 wicker-boat covered with raw hides. Possibly Brynach, icliich 

 see. (xiv, 481). 



S. Wen APR A, Virgin. 



This would be the Latin form of Gwenefwy. 



She was a daughter of Caw and sister of Cywyllog, who 

 was the wife of Modred, nei)hew of King Arthur, and head of 

 the rebellion against him. Her brother was Gildas, so was 

 Howel, whom King Arthur killed in a fit of jealousy. Her 

 nephew, 8. Winnow (Gwynog), son of Gildas, and her great- 

 nephews. Fill and Eval, settled in Cornwall. 



Gwennap Feast is on Whit-Sunday. 



S. Wenedoc. 



See Wethenoc. 



S. Wendron. 



The patroness of Gwendron appears in the Episcopal 

 Registers as Wendrona. 



Gwendrona in Irish is Findbron, but no such a person is 

 known to the Irish, only a Bronfin, sister of S. Ibar of Begerry, 



