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the mother of S. Lithgean (Ludgvan). But whether this Bronfin 

 be Grwendron it is quite impossible to say. 



The local tradition relative to S. AVendron is, or was, that 

 she "was an Irish woman. 



There was a chapel at Tresulla dedicated to the saint, as 

 well as the parish church. 



Wendron feast is on the nearest Sunday to October 28. 



If we could suppose that Wendron were the Bronfin, mother 

 of S. Ludgvan, then the interesting statue of a woman holding 

 a flowering tree fi'om Ludgvan Church, now in the rectory, might 

 be taken to represent her. 



S. Wenn, Matr. 



There were several of this name, and of names formed from 

 Gwen (White). But the 8. Wenn who has given her name to a 

 jDarish, was most likely Wenn, the wife of Selyf, duke or king 

 of Cornwall, and mother of S. Cuby. 



Under the name of S*** Candide, a translation of Gwen, she 

 is known in Brittany, and has a Holy Well at Scaer in Finisterre. 

 A good deal of legendary matter attaches to her, but no history 

 of her has been preserved. 



The line of foam on the sea formed by the change of the 

 tide is in Brittany called Gwen's Path. The story goes that 

 Saxon pirates made a descent on the Breton coast, and carried off 

 S. Gwen from the islet of S. Cast. They conveyed her to London, 

 but there she tried to throw herself overboard. In the struggle 

 to escajDe two iingers of the left hand were cut off. However, she 

 escaped, walking on the water, and leaving behind her the white 

 trail of foam ruffled by her sweeping dress. 



She was married to a captain and went with him to war 

 against the English (Anglo-Saxons). He was killed. Then she 

 sprang overboard, and when the enemy saw her walking on the 

 water they fled. All her seven sons became bishops. 



The statuette of S. Gwen is in the Isle of Cast, Cotes du 

 Nord. It is popularly believed that it is in vain to colour the 

 cheeks of the figure, they at once become white as before. The 

 chapel in the island has fallen into ruins, but the image has been 



