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Saint Gwinear 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 Anselm, and has sometimes been printed among Saint Anselm's works. Born in Ireland with the Irish name of Fingar, he was converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick and after spending time in Brittany went with 7 (or 777) companions to Cornwall, landing at Hayle, where he was martyred by King Teudar.〔〔Ogden, R. A. ''The Life of Saint Gwinear'' (originally written for Penzance Girls' Grammar School ), in: ''An Unknown Planet?'', Park Corner Press, Warrington, 2008; pp. 1-52〕 The Victorian clergyman, hagiographer and antiquary Sabine Baring-Gould believed that an Irish group, driven from their homeland in Ossory in the fifth century, invaded Penwith (="pen-gwaeth", the "bloody headland"), and that the legend of Gwinear was a distorted recollection of these events.〔Baring-Gould, Sabine, 1899, ''A Book of the West: Cornwall'', Methuen, pp 285, 305〕 ==References== Footnotes 〔 Citations 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saint Gwinear」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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