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according to one account, but Madiyn fled with Ceidio in her 

 arms to Carn Madryn, a solitary hill crowned by rocks, and there 

 sheltered. Afterwards Ceidio founded a church there, and the 

 Lord of Madryn has right of presentation to it. 



The troubles of her native land probably caused Madryn to 

 take refuge in Cornwall. She is said by the Welsh authorities 

 to have retired from the world with her maid Ahun, 



Her son Caradoc succeeded to the principality, and was the 

 father of S. Malo. 



Madryn' s day in the Welsh Calendars is April 9. 



This is also the day of S. Materiana, according to WiUiam 

 of Worcester, but he inaccurately describes her as Virffo. The 

 death of Yortigern is set down approximately as taking place in 

 464, and we may suppose that Madryn died in the iirst years of 

 the succeeding century. 

 Dedications to her are : — 



Minster, near Boscastle, where her body lay. 



The parish church of Tintagel. 



Tintagel feast is on October 19. 



Boscastle feast is on November 22 ; but Minster feast is on 

 April 9. 



S. Matebnus, see Madron. 



S. Ma WES, Abbot, Confessor. 



The two Lives of this saint, as well as the hymns for his 

 festival, and the lections from the several breviaries, that concern 

 him, have been printed and subjected to criticism by M. de la 

 Borderie ("Saint Maudez" Eennes, 1891). The first Life was 

 written towards the end of the 11th century. The second is an 

 unsatisfactory production, not earlier than the 13th century. 

 The first formed the basis for this second, and the gaps left by 

 the writer of the first were filled in with fanciful tales by the 

 composer of the second, 



S. Maudez, in Irish Moduit, was the son of a kinglet in 

 Ireland, named Ercleus, and his mother's name was Grentusa. 

 As the tenth son of the royal couple, he was dedicated to God. 



