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Entenin
Entenin, also called Antoninus and Anthony, was a medieval Brittonic saint. The name ''Entenin'' appears in a 10th-century list of Cornish saints found in the binding of a manuscript now in the Vatican Library. Two parish churches in Cornwall are dedicated to him, those of St Anthony in Roseland and St Anthony-in-Meneage. A well, known as ''Ventoninny,'' in the parish of Probus also preserves his name; it may have been a holy well A holy well or sacred spring is a well, Spring (hydrosphere), spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christianity, Christian or Paganism, pagan context, sometimes both. The water of holy wells is often thought to have healing qualitie ... historically. Entenin is unknown outside of Cornwall. The name ''Entenin'' is a local Cornish derivation of the Latin ''Antoninus''; derivative personal names were common in Brittonic-speaking regions after the Roman occupation of Britain. The phonetic changes by which ''Antoninus'' becomes ''Entenin'' d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Anthony In Roseland
St Anthony in Roseland is a village and a former parish in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is a small settlement on the Roseland Peninsula. At Trewince is a house of five bays and two storeys built in 1750. There is a St Anthony's Lighthouse, lighthouse at St Anthony's Head built of granite. Parish church The parish church of St Anthony was built in 1150 and dedicated to Entenin, St Antoninus King and Martyr. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church was established by the prior of the Augustinians, Augustinian Priory at Plympton in Devon. The site of the former priory is now the site of the house of the Spry family, Place, which was built in 1840 in front of the church. After the dissolution of 1538 part of the priory was used as a residence and parts were pulled down: much of the stone went towards the building of St Mawes Castle. The church still has its original mediaeval crucifo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Anthony-in-Meneage
St Anthony-in-Meneage () is a coastal civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is in the Meneage district of The Lizard, the Lizard peninsula. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 171, decreasing to 168 at the 2011 census. Geography The hamlet is on a peninsula between the Helford River and Gillan Harbour on the west side of Falmouth Bay, south of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth and east of Helston at . It largely consists of a church, the former vicarage, a farmhouse, and various converted farm buildings now used as holiday accommodation. The peninsula ends at Dennis Head, the site of an early Celtic fortress. Later it served as a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War, Civil War, and provided a lookout point for the Home Guard (United Kingdom), Home Guard during the Second World War. The parish is divided by the tidal Gillan Creek. The hamlet and parish church are on the north side of the creek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittonic Peoples
The Britons ( *''Pritanī'', , ), also known as Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons, were the Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages, at which point they diverged into the Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons (among others). They spoke Common Brittonic, the ancestor of the modern Brittonic languages. The earliest written evidence for the Britons is from Greco-Roman writers and dates to the Iron Age. Ancient Britain was made up of many tribes and kingdoms, associated with various hillforts. The Britons followed an ancient Celtic religion overseen by druids. Some of the southern tribes had strong links with mainland Europe, especially Gaul and Belgica, and minted their own coins. The Roman Empire conquered most of Britain in the 1st century AD, creating the province of Britannia. The Romans invaded northern Britain, but the Britons and Caledonians in the north remained unconquered, and Hadrian's Wall became the edge of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cornish Saints
This is a list of Cornish saints, including saints more loosely associated with Cornwall: many of them will have links to sites elsewhere in regions with significant ancient British history, such as Wales, Brittany or Devon. List of some of the well-known Cornish saints For more information see the works of Canon Doble (1880–1945), Nicholas Orme's book, ''The Saints of Cornwall'' (2000), and the works of Charles Henderson ''N.B.'' All these have dedications in Cornwall but not all have legends or traditions associating them with Cornwall. Honorary canons of Truro The 24 honorary canons of Truro Cathedral occupy stalls named after 24 saints (almost all of them Cornish): Carantoc; Buriana; Germoe; Conan; Winwalloe; Nectan; Petroc; Adwenna; Piran; Constantine; Cybi; Paul; Breaca; Neot; Rumon; Sampson; German; Meriadoc; Euni; Ia; Endelienta; Columb; Corentin; Aldhelm. Modern Cornish saints More recent Cornishmen recognized for sanctity include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vatican Library
The Vatican Apostolic Library (, ), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library. It was formally established in 1475, although it is much older—it is one of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historical texts. It has 75,000 codex, codices from throughout history, as well as 1.1 million printed books, which include some 8,500 Incunabulum, incunabula. The Vatican Library is a research library for history, law, philosophy, science, and theology. The Vatican Library is open to anyone who can document their qualifications and research needs. Photocopies for private study of pages from books published between 1801 and 1990 can be requested in person or by mail. Pope Nicholas V (1447–1455) envisioned a new Rome, with extensive public works to lure pilgrims and scholars to the city to begin its transfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall
Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, Devon to the east, and the English Channel to the south. The largest urban area is the Redruth and Camborne conurbation. The county is predominantly rural, with an area of and population of 568,210. After the Redruth-Camborne conurbation, the largest settlements are Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay, St Austell, and Truro. For Local government in England, local government purposes most of Cornwall is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, with the Isles of Scilly governed by a Council of the Isles of Scilly, unique local authority. The Cornish nationalism, Cornish nationalist movement disputes the constitutional status of Cornwall and seeks greater autonomy within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is the weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Probus, Cornwall
Probus ('' Cornish: Lannbrobus'') is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It has the tallest church tower in Cornwall. The tower is high, and richly decorated with carvings. The place name originates from the church's dedication to Saint Probus. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,299, whereas the ward population taken at the same census was 3,953. History There was a monastery here before the Norman Conquest which continued to exist until the reign of Henry I. King Henry gave the church of Probus to Exeter Cathedral and the clergy of Probus thereafter were a dean and five canons (the deanery was abolished in 1268 and the canonries in 1549). The first vicar was instituted in 1312; the parish had dependent chapelries at Cornelly and Merther. The church was built mainly in the 15th century but the tower was still under construction in 1523. In the church is the brass of John Wulvedon and his wife, 1512. In the early years of the 19t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Well
A holy well or sacred spring is a well, Spring (hydrosphere), spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christianity, Christian or Paganism, pagan context, sometimes both. The water of holy wells is often thought to have healing qualities, through the numen, numinous presence of its guardian spirit or Christian saint. They often have local legends associated with them; for example in Christian mythology, Christian legends, the water is often said to have been made to flow by the action of a saint. Holy wells are often also places of ritual and pilgrimage, where people Prayer, pray and leave votive offerings. In Celtic nations, Celtic regions, strips of cloth are often tied to trees at holy wells, known as clootie wells. Names The term ''haeligewielle'' is in origin an Old English language, Anglo-Saxon toponym attached to specific springs in the landscape; its current use has arisen through folklore scholars, antiquarians, and other writers generalising from those actual ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornish Language
Cornish (Standard Written Form: or , ) is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. Along with Welsh language, Welsh and Breton language, Breton, Cornish descends from Common Brittonic, a language once spoken widely across Great Britain. For much of the Middle Ages, medieval period Cornish was the main language of Cornwall, until it was gradually pushed westwards by the spread of English language, English. Cornish remained a vernacular, common community language in parts of Cornwall until the mid-18th century, and there is some evidence for traditional speakers persisting into the 19th century. Cornish became extinct language, extinct as a living community language in Cornwall by the last speaker of the Cornish language, end of the 18th century, although knowledge of Cornish, including speaking ability to a certain extent, persisted within some families and individuals. Cornish language revival, A revival started in the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoninus Of Alexandria
Antoninus is a Latin masculine given name. It may refer to: Roman people * Antoninus (philosopher), Neoplatonist philosopher of the 4th century * Antoninus (turncoat), Roman who joined the Sassanid Empire and assisted Shapur II in the siege of Amida * Antoninus Liberalis, Greek grammarian who lived between the first and third centuries AD * Antoninus Pius (86–161), Roman emperor from 138 to 161 * Gaius Arrius Antoninus, 2nd century Roman senator * Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus (born AD 31), maternal grandfather of Antoninus Pius * Honoratus Antoninus, 5th century Roman Catholic Bishop * Lucius Caesennius Antoninus (c. 95 – after 128), Roman aristocrat and consul * Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (other), several emperors with the same regnal name * Quintus Haterius Antoninus, 1st century Roman consul Saints See also * William Everson (poet) (1912–1994), also known as Brother Antoninus, American poet * Antonin (other) * Antonius Antonius is a masculine given name, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Exeter Press
University of Exeter Press (UEP) is the academic press of the University of Exeter, England. In 2013, Liverpool University Press Liverpool University Press (LUP), founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England after Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. As the press of the University of Liverpool, it specialises in modern languages, lit ... acquired the rights to UEP's publications on archaeology, medieval studies, history, classics and ancient history, landscape studies. Main subject areas * Arabic and Islamic Studies * Archaeology * Celtic Studies * Classical Studies and Ancient History * Cultural and Social Studies * Education * English and American Literature * European Literature * Exeter Hispanic Textes * Exeter Textes Littéraires * Film History * History * Landscape Studies * Linguistics and Lexicography * Maritime Studies * Medieval Studies * Mining History * Nazism * Performance * Philosophy and Religion * South-West Studies R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second-oldest university press after Cambridge University Press, which was founded in 1534. It is a department of the University of Oxford. It is governed by a group of 15 academics, the Delegates of the Press, appointed by the Vice Chancellor, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, Oxford, Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho, Oxford, Jericho. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
