Saint Buriana (or Berriona, Beriana or Beryan) was a 6th-century

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, a hermit in

St Buryan St Buryan ( kw, Pluwveryan) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village of St Buryan is situated approximately west of Penzance along the B3283 tow ...

, near

Penzance Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

. Baring-Gould identifies her with the Irish Saint Bruinsech. She is said to have been the daughter of an Irish king and travelled to Cornwall from Ireland as a missionary to convert the local people to

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. According to the Exeter Calendar of Martyrology Buriana was the daughter of a Munster chieftain.Ellis, P. B. (1992) ''The Cornish Saints''. Penryn: Tor Mark Press, p. 6 One legend tells how she cured the paralysed son of King Geraint of Dumnonia. Buriana ministered from a chapel on the site of the

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at St Buryan. Buriana's feast day is 1 May.

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