Saint Gwenafwy (Wenappa) (fl. 6th c.) was a pre-congregational saint of

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. She was a daughter of

Caw of Strathclyde King Caw or Cawn ( fl. 495–501 AD) was a semi-legendary king of Strathclyde in Scotland. Very little hard fact is known of him. He flourished in the ''Hen Ogledd'' Period of Sub-Roman Britain and ruled from a castle at ''Alt Clut''. Legend holds ...

, and sister of Peillan, Eigron and Peithein among others. She went to Cornwall with her brother Eigron where she is the patroness of

Gwennap Gwennap ( kw, Lannwenep (village), Pluw Wenep (parish)) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is about five miles (8 km) southeast of Redruth. Hamlets of Burncoose, Comford, Coombe, Gwennap, Coomb ...

. Her

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is 1 July. ''The lives of the saints. With introd. and additional lives of English martyrs, Cornish, Scottish, and Welsh saints, and a full index to the entire work''
at 246.

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