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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Welsh Christian saint and virgin
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
500(Kingdom of Brycheiniog)
Death:
(Cornwall)
Family:
Father:
Brychan
Siblings:
Dyfnan
Nectan of Hartland
Cynog ap Brychan
Dingad of Llandingat
Saint Wenna
Tydfil
Dwynwen
Gwladys
Morwenna
Mabyn
Saint Keyne
Saint Eluned
Saint Menefrida
Saint Endelienta
The details
Biography
Saint Adwen or Adwenna was a 5th-century Christian virgin and saint. She is recorded as a daughter of Brychan, king of Brycheiniog in south Wales, in the Cornish Life of Saint Nectan and in Robert Hunt's collection of Cornish legends. These sources associate her with the establishment of the parish of Advent in Cornwall.
The saint's feast day is unknown. In Cornwall Adwen was traditionally the patron saint of sweethearts.