Ia of Cornwall
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Ia of Cornwall was an evangelist and martyr of the 5th or 6th centuries, flourishing in the area of St Ives, Cornwall. She is said to have been an Irish princess, the sister of Erc of Slane.
Window in St Senara's Church, Zennor - Saint Ia is depicted on the right
Window in St Uny's Church, Lelant. Saint Ia is depicted on the bottom row, second from the right.
Saint Gwinear
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Gwinear, Guigner, was a Celtic martyr, one of only two early Cornish saints whose biographies survived the Reformation. The Life of Gwinear was written in the early 14th century by a priest named Anse
Ia of Cornwall
…and bigger. Trusting God, she embarked upon the leaf and was carried across the Irish Sea. She reached Cornwall before the others, where she joined Gwinear and Felec of Cornwall. John Leland gives details from a Latin hagiography of Ia, which is no longer extant. Legend holds that they had up to 777…
Statue of St Gwinear at Pluvigner, Brittany