![]() ![]() ![]() Morwenna made her home in a little hermitage at Hennacliff (the Raven's Crag), afterwards called Morwenstow (meaning "Morwenna's holy-place"). She was trained in Ireland before crossing over to Cornwall. Morwenna first appears in a 12th-century life of Saint Nectan that lists her alongside Endelient, Mabyn and Menfre (among many others) as a daughter of the Welsh king Brychan. ![]() Her name is thought to be cognate with Welsh morwyn "maiden", although the first name is also used in Brittany and said to be composed of "Mor" and "Gwenn", meaning "White sea" in Breton. Morwenna is the eponymous patron saint of Morwenstow, a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, UK. A stained glass window at the Church of St Morwenna (with her depicted in the bottom-left) ![]()
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