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S. Willow, Hermit, Martyr. 



The name of the patron saint of Lanteglos by Fowey. It is 

 so given in an Assize roll for 1284. 



William of AVorcester, who calls him Vylloc or Wyllow, 

 says that he was of Irish origin, that he lived as a hermit ; and 

 was murdered by a kinsman, Mellyn. 



After his head was cut off, he rose and carried it from the 

 bridge of S. Willow to Lanteglos Church. 



AVillow is perhaps Grwyddlew, son of Gwynllyw, king of 

 Griewyseg, and his wife Grwladys daughter, or rather grand- 

 daughter, of Brychan, of Brecknock, so that he was Irish only on 

 his mother's side. His brother Grlywys was settled on the Fal, 

 and is known as S. Grluvias. He was father of S. Cannen, 

 founder of Llangunten in Brecknockshire. His brother S. 

 Cadoc certainly was in Cornwall for awhile. 



The cave in which S. Willow lived is shown on S. Willow's 

 Hill by Lanteglos. 



According to William of Worcester, his Feast was kept at 

 Lanteglos on the Thursday before Pentecost. 



Nicolas Eoscarrock gives as his day June 3. 



S. Winnow, Bishop, Confessor. 



This saint is erroneously supposed to be Winnoc, brother 

 or nephew of Juthael, Prince of Armorica, who died about 717, 

 and who was a disciple of S. Bertiu in Sithieu, and founded 

 Bergues S. Winnoc in French Flanders. This saint had nothing 

 to do with Cornwall and is quite unknown there. 



The Cornish Winnow is Gwynnoc or Gwynno, son of Gildas 

 and great grandson of Geraint. Consequently he was uncle of 

 S. Eval and S. Filius, and nephew of S. Wenappa. 



He is one of the saints invoked in the 10th century Exeter 

 Litany, published by W. Warren, from the library of the Dean 

 and Chapter of Salisbury, and also in that of S. Vougai. The 

 form there assumed is Guidnou. In the Ijifeof 8. Paul of Leon 

 it is latinised into Woednovius. The name has I )een modernised 



