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for them in Cornwall, and who more suitable than Monynna ? 

 Of direct evidence there is none. At the best we have but a 

 presumption. Mwynen is the Welsh equivalent for Monynn, and 

 both are mere names of affection. 



The foundations in Cornwall, not necessarily made by 

 Monynna herself, but by her disciples, and affiliated to her head 

 house, and under her rule, would be Morwenstow, Marham- 

 church, S. Minver, and Merryn. 



The day of S. Morwenna is July 6. This is the day in the 

 Irish Calendars of Monynna and Stievequillion, County Down. 

 Another of the name on June 3. Whytford gives July 5 and 

 September 9. The feast at S. Merryn is on July 7. That at 

 Marhamchurch is on August 12. At Morwenstow the feast is on 

 June 24, as both the church and Holy Well were withdrawn 

 from S. Morwenna and placed under the patronage of S. John 

 the Baptist. The feast of S. Minver is on November 24, 

 according to .William of Worcester. 



At Morwenstow church is a fresco representing the Saint as 

 a nun with one hand raised in benediction, and the other holding 

 something, indistinguishable, in her hand, to her breast. 



In art, Morwenna might well be represented as an Irish 

 abbess in white with a swan at her side. 



