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eighty-four in 598 ; there is no reason for supposing that Senach 

 Eon became a monk and died, till he was at a good age, and I 

 do not see how we can put S. Crida down as living later than 

 670. Aedh must have been a grandson and not son of Senach. 

 She must have had sisters, for the Martyrology of Tallaght 

 gives, on August 11, "The daughters of Senach." 



In Bishop Stapeldon's Register, Creed is called Ecclesia 

 Sanctse Cridse (1310), so also in that of Bytton (1314); and in 

 the Taxation of Pope Nicholas IV, 



It may be noticed that Creed is not in the district colonised 

 by SS. Senan, la, Ere, Briacha, Burien, and Kieran. But then 

 she belonged to a century, or nearly a century, later, viz. to 

 that of S. Einbar, with whom possibly she may have come. 



On account of the population having drifted to Grampound, 

 the church of S. Creed has been allowed to fall into a condition 

 of ruin. It is picturesquely situated, and is very late in 

 architecture. 



S. Creed Feast is on the Sunday nearest to November 30th. 



In 1411, Ralph Tregrisiou, Dean of Exeter, bequeathed to 

 the church of S. Crida, the Virgin, "ubi fui oriendus," 40''' to 

 the store for the church, and a silver cup engraved with the 

 Arms of the See. A fresco representing a female saint labelled 

 " S. Crede," crowned, and holding a sceptre, was uncovered in 

 Lanivet church. There was a chapel of S. Crida at Padstow. 



S. Credan, Confessor. 



Leland {Coll. i, 10) says that the body of this saint reposed 

 at Bodmin ; that he with Medan and Dagan or Dechan were 

 disciples of S. Petrock is not to be doubted, Leland says as much. 



He was the son of lUadhan or lolladan, whom we find at 

 Illogan, and is variously called Criotan, Critoc, Cred, and 

 Credan, also Mooritoc. The terminations oc and an are used 

 indifferently as diminutives. 



How long Credan remained with S. Petrock we do not 

 know, but he must have left him to make a foundation of his 

 own, for we have him at Sancreed, entered in Grandisson's 



