Saint Morwenna | |
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 A stained glass window at the Church of St Morwenna (with her depicted in the bottom-left) | |
| Died | 6th century |
| Honored in | Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Feast | 8 July |
| Patronage | Morwenstow, Cornwall, England |
Morwenna is the eponymous patron saint of Morwenstow, a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, UK. Her name is thought to be cognate with Welsh morwyn "maiden",[1] although the first name is also used in Wales and Brittany and said to be composed of "Mor" and "Gwenn", meaning "White sea" in both Welsh and Breton.
- ^ Baring-Gould, Sabine (1914), The Lives of the Saints, J. Grant, p. 263.