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At Quimper the feast is on November 27. 

 In Art, S. Allen should be represented as a hermit with a 

 pilgrim's staff. 



S. Ambrusoa, Virgin. 



In Orantock village, according to Dr. Oliver's Monasticon 

 (p. 438), a chapel dedicated to S. Ambrusca formerly stood in 

 the churchyard, and an ancient covered "well, dedicated to the 

 same saint, existed in the centre of the church village, according 

 to Polsue. 



The well has been destroyed, and a villa, called " 8. 

 Ambrose," has been erected on the spot ; the stream, however, 

 still flows. 



Who was 8. Ambrusca ? There can be little doubt that she 

 must have formed one of the company of 8. Carantoc, and was 

 possibly a sister. 



The Welsh form of Ambrose is Emrys. 



8. Anne, Matron Abbess. 



The name of Anne is in great repute in Brittany, where 

 the cult of the mother of the B. Virgin rose to immense 

 popularity after 1625. But devotion to 8. Anne, mother of the 

 Virgin, was comparatively unknown, till, in the 15th century, the 

 doctrine of the Immaculate Conception was brought into 

 prominence. 



The earliest known representation of 8. Anne is on a seal 

 of 1351 belonging to a convent in Westphalia.* 



It is almost certain, therefore, that dedications to 8. Anne 

 in Cornwall previous to the 15th century are to quite another 

 person than the Anne of the Apocryphal Gospels. [Compare 

 also 8. Agnes]. 



There are three Annes mentioned in the Welsh pedigrees : — 



1. Anne, daughter of Uthyr Pendragon. 



2. ,, ,, Mewrig ap Tewdrig. 



3. ,, ,, Vortimer, the Blessed. 



* Vincens (Ch.) De I'iconographie de S. Anne, Paris, Chaix, 1892. Schmitz : 

 Die A.nna-Bilcler, in der Katholik, VII (1893). Sctaumkell (E-) Der Cult der 

 H. Anna, Freiburg i.B. Mohr, 1893. Acta SS. Jul. T. VII, p. 233-239. 



