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Oengus, as *' the abstinent Oolumb." He is in the Donegal 

 Martyrology as well. That of Tallaght is deficient in the 

 November and early December entries. 



The Episcopal Registers of Exeter always give the churches 

 in Cornwall of Columb Major and Minor as dedicated to a female 

 saint. But this is not to be wondered at, as the former was 

 dedicated in the 12th century to Columb a of Sens. Hals says, 

 " the tutelar patron or guardian of the church is S. Columb, to 

 whom the same is dedicated, an Irish gentleman by birth ; 

 though, contrary to this opinion, at the bottom of Camden's 

 Britannia, in Cornwall we are told that this church bears the 



name of a holy woman who lived in those parts, and that 



her life was written in the Cornish tongue, and in possession of 

 one Mr. Eoscarrock." 



In the Roman Martyrology, 8. Columba V.M. of Sens is 

 commemorated December 31 ; on this day she occurs also in 

 Whyteford's Martyrologe, 1526. The feast at 8, Columb has, 

 certainly, no connexion with that of the Virgin Martyr. 



8. CoNAN, Bishop, Confessor. 



A saint of this name is Cynon, called son of Brychan in the 

 Welsh " account of Brychan," but in another part of the same 

 set down as grandson by Hynyd or Ne%d daughter of Brychan ; 

 Tudwal Befr was his father. 



A. saying of his has been preserved : — " Good ale unlocks the 

 heart." 



His mother was buried " under the rock Melthrem." His 

 " yellow-haired " father is not to be confounded with Tudwal 

 the Bishop. 



There is a Church dedicated to 8. Oonan in 8. Brieux 

 (Brittany). 



His date is about 936. 



Conan to whom a chapel in the parish of Egloshayle is 

 dedicated, is, it seems, not this Conan, but a Cornish bishop 

 who, as one of Athelstan's court, signed charters in 931, 932, 

 934, His name is also found attached to charters the genuine- 



