488 CORNISH DEDICATIONS. 



the Sunday nearest to May 12, and in the Exeter Calendar her 

 day is given as May 1. The Feast at Burian is on Old-Style 

 May-Day, i.e. eleven days after May 1. 



In the second edition of the " Marty rologium Anglicanum" 

 of Wilson, 1640, she is inserted on June 19, but in his first 

 edition, on May 29. 



Her death probably occurred about 550. 



In art she would be represented as an Irish Nun, in white, 

 with a cuckoo. 



S. Oado, Duke, Confessor. 



Cado or Cadwr, Duke of Cornwall, brother of Selyf or 

 Solomon, was son of Geraint, the brave Domnonian King who 

 fell fighting against the Saxons at Llongborth (Langport), in 

 522. By the Welsh he is accounted a Saint, He figures 

 somewhat prominently in Geoffrey of Monmouth's romance ; and 

 he was the father of S. Constantino, to whom Gildas wrote in 

 savage abuse, but who was converted in 589. 



I am not aware of any foundations of his in Cornwall. 

 In Brittany dedications to him are indistinguishable from those 

 to S. Cadoc, who is there called Saint Cadou. 



He was closely akin to Fragan or Brychan, who married 

 Gwen of the Three Breasts, father by her of S. Winwaloe, 

 Gwethenoc (Winnow) and Jacobus ; (Vita S. Winwaloei, in 

 Analecta Bol. VII, p. 176). 



It is possible that Portscatho, in Gerrans, may actually be 

 Porth-Catho, and take its name from him. 



S. Cadoc, Abbot, Confessor. 



This illustrious Saint, originally named Cathmael, was son 

 of Gwynllyw, King of Gwentlwg and of Gwladys, daughter of 

 Brychan. His great foundation in Wales was Llancarvan. 

 He was a disciple of S. Tathan an Irish abbot. His was a 

 most restless spirit. He could not remain long on one spot. 

 After having spent his boyhood with S. Tathan, he went to 

 Ireland, for three years, to carry on his education at Lismore ; 

 after which, he returned to Wales and continued his 



