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contemporary saints in the island of Anglesea,* the chief scene of 

 his pastoral labours, was called Elian, a name which the Welsh give 

 also to St. Hilary. f 



Besides Altarnun, ^ already referred to, the Churches of Pelynt, 

 in Cornwall, and Bradstone, just across the Tamar, are dedicated to 

 St. Non. There was formerly a Chapel at Nonnestonys, in the 

 parish of Altarnun, licensed by Bishop Stafford, 18th September, 

 1400, and named, without doubt, after her, like the Church. The 

 same connection may, perhaps, be traced for the Chapel of St. 

 Nynnina, existing in Pelynt in the 13th century; and her name, 

 probably, enters into the composition of Trenonna, in Veryan, about 

 two miles from Cuby, and of Plas-nonn || in Padstow. Several 

 religious edifices in Wales have also been dedicated to her memory, 

 ■but it appears that iJfon (Nonna or Nonnita) has only doubtful claim, 

 to the title of Saint, although a portion of the special veneration 



* Cybi is especially distinguished as the founder of a religious society at 

 Caergybi, now Holyhead, in Anglesea, near to the spot where Caswallon Lawhia* 

 had slain Serigi, over whose grave a chapel was afterwards erected. Four 

 churches, all called Llangybi, in different parts of Wales, were dedicated to 

 him. 



f Rees, p. 267. — Geraint, the grandfather of Cyhi, is considered by Rees 

 (p. 169) to be the chieftain of Dyfnaint or Devon, more properly Danmonia, who 

 fell at Longborth (Langport), A.D. 540, fighting as a naval commander, under 

 ArthiTr.' — This is not altogether incompatible with the chi-onology, but he 

 must have been an old man at the time. — Whether the existence can be estab- 

 lished of a second Gerennius, who died in his bed, having first received the 

 blessing of St. Teilo, who was returning from Armorica, may admit of doubt. — 

 Usher says he was King of Cornwall in 589. 



]: In a letter on Altarnun, published, with the signature Curiosus, by the 

 late Dr. Oliver, in the Exeter Flying Post for 27th December, 1852, he says : — 

 " The Chm-ch derives its name from St. Nonita, or Nouna, or Nunna, the 

 " mother of St. David, the metropolitan and patron of Wales. — From the 

 " survey of the parish in 1281, we discover, that the Service Book of the 

 ^' Church (Ordinale) was good, and sufficient, i.e., after the Sarum Eite — that 

 " it contained a life of St. Nouna, ' Vita Sancte Nounne.' William of Wor- 

 ■" cester, quoting the Calendar of St. Michael's Mount, affirms, that her re- 

 " mains lay within the parochial Church of Alternon, ^jacet apud ecclesiwm 

 " AlternonicB.' The festival of St. Non was kept on 2nd March, the day 

 " after her son St. David died, about the year 544." 



II I am indebted to the Rev. John Carne, of Eglos-Merther, for pointing 

 out this place, and the Chapel in Pelynt ; respecting the latter, he has sup- 

 plied the following particulars: — "In the Taxatio Ecclesiastica of Pope 

 " Nicholas IV, (1291), under the Deanery of West, we meet with ' Capella S'ce 

 ■'' Niemyne al's Nynnyne.' This Chapel of S. Nynnina was in Pelynt, as we 

 "find by Bishop Stafford's Register (1409). In the Inquisitiones Nonarum 

 "* (1342), it is called the Chapel of S. Neomena. The saint is probably the 

 •"^aaue with S. Nin^ Martyr, commemorated June 15.." 



