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S. Merryn, Virgin, Abbess. 



In the Episcopal Eegisters (Bronescombe, 1259, 1274; 

 Grandisson, 1328, 1333, 1338, 1339, 1351, 1362; Stafford, 1395, 

 1398) this Saint appears as S''^ Marina. 



A Saint of this name also appears in the Roman Calendar ; 

 she was a Bithynian damsel, who went into a monastery of men, 

 dressed as a male, and remained in it as a monk till she was 

 charged with having become the father of a child. This led to 

 explanations and her character was cleared. The story was 

 vastly popular, as it had a smack of comicality about it, and 

 she was given two commemorations, on June 1 8 and. December 4. 



The Feast of S. Merryn is on July 7 or the Sunday nearest, 

 and this agrees with neither of the commemorations of S. 

 Marina. It does, however, approximate to that of S. Morwenna, 

 which is on JxlIj 6. 



Merryn is apparently a corruption of Morwen, and Marina 

 is a Latin version of the name. 



(See S. Morwenna). 



She is not to be confounded with S. Merrin ap Seithenin, 

 whose day is January 6. 



S. Merwenna, Virgin, Abbess. 



Patroness of Marhamchurch, a reputed daughter of Brychan. 

 The same as Morwenna, Minver, and. Merryn. 



S. Mbvan, Abbot, Confessor. 



The Life of S. Mevan has been published in the third 

 volume of the Analecta Bollandiana (1884). It is by a writer of 

 the time of Charles Martel (720-750), and S. Mevan died about 

 607, so that we may say that the biographer wrote about a 

 century after the death of this hero. 



Mevan or Mewan, also called Conaid, was born in Gwent. 

 His father was Gerascen (Geraint) of Ergyng or Archenfield, 

 and seems to have married a sister of S. Samson. She is spoken 

 of in the Life of S. Samson in very uncomplimentary terms, as 



