Tetha

"Saint Teath" redirects here. For the Cornish parish and village, see St Teath.

Saint Tetha
St Tetha's in St Teath
Princess of Brycheiniog
Virgin
Born5th century
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Major shrineSt Teath
FeastVarious (lapsed)
PatronageSt Teath

Tetha (Cornish: Tedha; Welsh: Tedda), also known as Teath (/tɛθ/),[1][2] Tecla,[3][4] and by a variety of other names,[5] was a 5th-century virgin and saint in Wales and Cornwall. She is associated with the parish church of St Teath in Cornwall. Baring-Gould gives her feast day as 27 October,[3] but this has been called a mistaken conflation with Saint Ia.[4] In 1878, it was held on the movable feast of Whit Tuesday.[5] Other sources place it on 1 May,[6] 6 September,[7][8] and (mistakenly) 15 January.[7] It is no longer observed by either the Anglican[9] or Catholic church in Wales.[10]

  1. ^ St Teath Village Website. "Facts". 2014. Accessed 30 Nov 2014.
  2. ^ Bartrum, p. 687: "St Teath".
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference sabi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Bartrum, p. 687: "St. Tecla".
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference preach was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Roscarrock, Nicholas. Lives of the English Saints. c. 1625.
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference tetha was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Challoner, Richard. A Memorial of Ancient British Piety: Or, a British Martyrology, p. 126. W. Needham (London), 1761.
  9. ^ The Church in Wales. "The Book of Common Prayer for Use in the Church in Wales: The New Calendar and the Collects". 2003. Accessed 18 Nov 2014.
  10. ^ The Catholic Church in England and Wales. "Liturgy Office: November 2015". Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, 2014. Accessed 18 Nov 2014.