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On opening the stone coffin, they found that the dead man, whom 

 they had laid on his back with folded hands over his breast, 

 had moved on one side so as to allow space for his faithful 

 companion. 



S. Austell's day is June 28. He was commemorated at the 

 Abbey of S. Meen, but he does not seem to have founded any 

 churches in Brittany ; he was content to be eclipsed by the 

 greater luminary, S. Mevan. 



His date is about 627. 



S. Attstin, Confessor. 



In the parish of Lesnewth, near the site of an ancient 

 chapel called Hendra, i.e. The Old House, is a holy well, which 

 is said to have borne the name of S. Austin. Thence water for 

 baptisms was till recently invariably fetched. 



That the chapel and well were dedicated to either the 

 saint of Hippo or to the Apostle of Kent is more than 

 improbable. A holy well was regarded as sacred before the 

 Celts became Christian, and so soon as they were converted, it 

 became a baptistery to the saint who founded a church near it, 

 and it thenceforth bore his name. Lesnetvth was a very ancient 

 cruciform church of singular interest. It was destroyed by 

 a late Cornish wrecker of churches, who built a tasteless fabric 

 on its site. The church is regarded as dedicated to S. Michael. 

 This is a late dedication supplanting one that was earlier. It is 

 possible that in the name Austin we have a trace of the original 

 founder, Aust or Ust, who accompanied S. Cadfan to Britain 

 from Armorica, about 510. The half-brothers of S. Ust were 

 Gunwaloe, Winnoc, and James, whose foundations we have at 

 no great distance, at Jacobstow, Tresmere, and Lewanick. 



S. Belaemute, Confessor. 



A ruined chapel with this title, according to the Ordnance 

 Survey, is in the parish of Cardinham, but the name is 

 pronounced there Barleman, and not Belarmine ; it is probably 

 a corruption of Bartholomew, which became Bartlemy or 

 Barlman. 



