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have belonged to tlie same family; S. Q-erans, the gallant 

 Damnonian king, and S. Just, his son. In S. Kea, Grooderne 

 was the palace of king Tewdrig. At Tregoney, S. Cuby, son 

 of iSolomon of Cornwall and grandson of Gerans, also of blood 

 royal ; at Grampound, S. Non, his mother's sister. 



Now look at the Looe estuary. Quite a family cluster is 

 there : Lansallos, the church of S. Selyf or Solomon ; Morval, 

 that of his wife, S. Wenn ; Duloe, a foundation of their son, S. 

 Cuby ; Pelynt, 8. Non, the sister of S. Wenn. But in S, Keyne, 

 East Looe, we have evidence of the Brecknock family extending 

 its settlements even to the south coast. 



I may now notice the very peculiar usage of the Celtic 

 church in the matter of dedications. Dedications to dead persons 

 were exceptional. The usual practice was for the saint to spend 

 forty days and nights on a spot in fasting and prayer, eating one 

 meagre meal in the day, and after that the Llan was consecrated 

 and bore thenceforth the name of the founder. But there were 

 exceptions to this rule. A Martyrium or chapel raised over the 

 body of one who had suffered death for the faith, bore his or 

 her name. But in Ireland this term had a different meaning, 

 and was applied to a consecrated cemetery. 



Again proprietorship was expressed by a name. If a 

 monastic institution obtained fresh sites for churches or branch 

 settlements, it gave to these the title of the original founder. 

 Thus there are many S. David's in Wales, not churches founded 

 by David, but acquired by the monastic settlement of Menevia. 

 So with the several S. Bridgets and S. Ithas in Devon and 

 Cornwall. They were not foundations made by these illustrious 

 women, but mark sites where holy women were living under the 

 respective rules of S. Bridget and S. Itha, more or less loosely 

 affiliated to the mother-houses of Kildare and Clon-Credhuil. 



It must be remarked that the Celtic Saints seem to have 

 been animated by a passion for founding churches. The 

 parochial system did not exist, it was the only way they had of 

 meeting the religious needs of the people. 



That a certain amount of rivalry existed between the 

 monasteries or schools of the several Saints is undeniable. 

 Each strove to extend its influence and authority. 



