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Tetha
Tetha (; ), also known as Teath (), Tecla, and by a variety of other names, was a 5th-century virgin and saint in Wales and Cornwall. She is associated with the parish church of St Teath in Cornwall. Baring-Gould gives her feast day as 27 October, but this has been called a mistaken conflation with Saint Ia.Bartrump. 687: "St. Tecla" In 1878, it was held on the movable feast of Whit Tuesday. Other sources place it on 1 May, 6 September, and (mistakenly) 15 January. It is no longer observed by either the AnglicanThe Church in Wales.The Book of Common Prayer for Use in the Church in Wales: The New Calendar and the Collects. 2003. Accessed 18 Nov 2014. or Catholic church in Wales.The Catholic Church in England and Wales.Liturgy Office: November 2015. Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, 2014. Accessed 18 Nov 2014. Name and identity Early Latin records give the companion of Breaca and patron of St Teath the name Tecla, a form of the name Thecla borne by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Teath
St Teath (; ) is a civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish and Churchtown, Cornwall, village in north Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. Geography The village is situated approximately southwest of Camelford and northeast of Wadebridge. The hamlet of Whitewell lies to the west. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2628. An electoral ward also exists which includes Delabole and St Breward; the population for this ward at the same census was 3,957. History Parish church The parish church is dedicated to Saint Tetha the Consecrated virgin, Virgin, a 5th-century companion of Saint Breaca and supposed daughter of King Brychan Brycheiniog in Wales. The church is a Grade I listed buildings in Cornwall, Grade I protected building consisting of a Norman England, Norman core and 15th-century expansions. It is large, with a nave and two aisles. The church was Collegiate church, collegiate until 1545 when the two Prebendary, prebends were abolished. The church was renov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brychan
Brychan ap Anlach of Brycheiniog was a legendary 5th-century king of Brycheiniog (Brecknockshire, alternatively Breconshire) in Mid Wales. Name variations Brychan had Irish ancestry and came from Ireland to Wales, therefore his original name was likely to have been Irish prior to his being called ''Brychan'' which is of Welsh etymology. In some sources he is called ''Brocanus'' which is the Latinized version of the Irish name ''Broccan''. He is also sometimes referred to as Braccan, Brachan, Brecin and Breccan. Life According to Celtic hagiography Brychan was born in Ireland, the son of a Prince Anlach Goronog mac Cormach, son of King Cormach mac Urb, and his wife, Marchel verch Tewdrig ap Teithfal, heiress of the Welsh kingdom of Garthmadrun (Brycheiniog), which the couple later inherited. Upon his father's death, he returned to Garthmadrun and changed its name to Brycheiniog. Brychan's name may be a Welsh version of the Irish name Broccán and that of his grandfather C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thecla (other)
Thecla, Tecla, or its variants (, ''Thékla'', "God's fame") is a Greek feminine given name made famous by Saint Thecla (Thecla of Iconium), a 1st-century Christian martyr. It may also refer to: People * Thecla of Alexandria, virgin, martyr, saint, and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria. * Thecla of Aquileia, one of a group of virgins from Aquileia, Italy, martyred in the 1st century according to the "Acts of St. Hermagoras". * Thecla of Gaza, Christian martyr with Agapius (died 306). * Thecla of Kitzingen, a saint. * Thecla of Persia (4th century), martyr. * Saint Tetha ( century), virgin and saint, a Welsh nun credited with the establishment of St. Teath in Cornwall. * Thecla Valloires, a 6th-century hermit. * Princess Thecla of Georgia (1776–1846), member of the Georgian royal family. * Thecla Åhlander (1855–1925), Swedish stage and film actress. * Thecla Boesen (1910–1996), Danish film actress. * Thecla Merlo (born Teresa Merlo), theol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whit Tuesday
Whit Tuesday (syn. ''Whittuesday'', ''Whitsun Tuesday'') is the Christian holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost Monday, the third day of the week beginning on Pentecost. Pentecost is a movable feast in the Christian calendar dependent upon the date of Easter. "Whit" relates either to the white robes worn by those baptized on Pentecost, or to the French word "huit," since Pentecost is the eighth Sunday after Easter. Rapalje, Stewart and Lawrence, Robert L., "A dictionary of American and English law, Volume 2," Frederick D. Linn & Co., 1888, page 1357 Observance It was a holiday in the Lutheran Church in Germany at Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach's time, where all major holid ...[...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] |
Saint Breaca
Breage or Breaca (with many variant spellings) is a saint venerated in Cornwall and South West England. According to her late hagiography, she was an Irish nun of the 5th or 6th century who founded a church in Cornwall. The village and civil parish of Breage in Cornwall are named after her, and the local Breage Parish Church is dedicated to her. She is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Catholic Church. Traditions Breage Church was established by 1170, giving its name to the village and parish of Breage, Cornwall. However, little else is known of Saint Breage or her early cultus. She was the subject of a medieval hagiography, probably written in the 14th or 15th century.Orme, pp. 71–72. The work is lost, but the English antiquarian John Leland recorded some extracts in his ''Itinerary'' around 1540.O'Hanlon, p. 137. The surviving text suggests an initial composition at or for Breage Church, as it contains a number of references to local places and gives Breage pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apocrypha
Apocrypha () are biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture, some of which might be of doubtful authorship or authenticity. In Christianity, the word ''apocryphal'' (ἀπόκρυφος) was first applied to writings that were to be read privately rather than in the public context of church services. Apocrypha were edifying Christian works that were not always initially included as Biblical canon, canonical scripture. The adjective "apocryphal", meaning of doubtful authenticity, mythical, fictional, is recorded from the late 16th century, then taking on the popular meaning of "false," "spurious," "bad," or "heretical." It may be used for any book which might have scriptural claims but which does not appear in the canon accepted by the author. A related term for non-canonical apocryphal texts whose authorship seems incorrect is pseudepigrapha, a term that means "false attribution". In Christianity, the name "biblical apocrypha, the Apocrypha" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thecla
Thecla (, ) was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The earliest record of her life comes from the ancient apocryphal '' Acts of Paul and Thecla''. Church tradition The ''Acts of Paul and Thecla'' is a 2nd-century text () which forms part of the ''Acts of Paul'', but was also circulated separately. According to the text, Thecla was a young noble virgin from Iconium who chose to leave her fiancé so she could convert to Christianity and follow Paul. In the text, it is said that Thecla spent three days sitting by her window, listening to Paul speak about the Christian God and the importance of living in chastity. Thecla's mother, Theoclia, and fiancé, Thamyris, became concerned that Thecla was going to follow Paul's teachings. They turned to local authorities to punish Paul for being a Christian and "mak ngvirgins averse to marriage". Paul was sent to prison, where Thecla visited him, kissed his bonds, and refused to leave him and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose coming as the Messiah#Christianity, messiah (Christ (title), Christ) was Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament, prophesied in the Old Testament and chronicled in the New Testament. It is the Major religious groups, world's largest and most widespread religion with over 2.3 billion followers, comprising around 28.8% of the world population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in Christianity by country, 157 countries and territories. Christianity remains Christian culture, culturally diverse in its Western Christianity, Western and Eastern Christianity, Eastern branches, and doctrinally diverse concerning Justification (theology), justification and the natur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acts Of Paul And Thecla
The ''Acts of Paul and Thecla'' () is an apocryphal text describing Paul the Apostle's influence on a young virgin named Thecla. It is one of the writings of the New Testament apocrypha. Edgar J. Goodspeed called it a " religious romance". History of the text It is attested no earlier than Tertullian, ''De baptismo'' 17:5 (c. 190), who says that a presbyter from Asia wrote the ''History of Paul and Thecla'', and was deposed after confessing that he wrote it. Eugenia of Rome in the reign of Commodus (180–192) is reported in the Acts of her martyrdom to have taken Thecla as her model after reading the text, prior to its disapproval by Tertullian. Jerome recounts the information from Tertullian, and on account of his exactitude in reporting on chronology, some scholars regard the text a 1st-century creation. Many surviving versions of the ''Acts of Paul and Thecla'' in Greek, and some in Coptic, as well as references to the work among Church Fathers show that it was wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brycheiniog
Brycheiniog was an independent kingdom in South Wales in the Early Middle Ages. It often acted as a buffer state between England to the east and the south Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth to the west. It was conquered and pacified by the Normans between 1088 and 1095, though it remained Welsh in character. It was transformed into the Lordship of Brecknock and later formed the southern and larger part of the historic county of Brecknockshire. To its south was the Kingdom of Morgannwg. The main legacy of the kingdom of Brycheiniog is etymological and geographical. It is used in ''Bannau Brycheiniog'', the Welsh name for the Brecon Beacons range and, since 2023, in name used for the range's national park. Its name is also the origin to the anglicised names ''Brecknockshire'' (retained in Welsh as , ), and '' Brecon'' (otherwise known as in Welsh). History Origins The kingdom of Brycheiniog was probably founded by Irish raiders in the late fifth century, very likely the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollandists
The Bollandist Society (; ) is an association of scholars, philologists, and historians (originally all Jesuits, but now including non-Jesuits) who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity. Their most important publication has been the ''Acta Sanctorum'' (The Acts of the Saints). They are named after the Flemish Jesuit Jean Bollandus (1596–1665). ''Acta Sanctorum'' The idea of the ''Acta Sanctorum'' was first conceived by the Dutch Jesuit Heribert Rosweyde (1569–1629), who was a lecturer at the Jesuit college of Douai. Rosweyde used his leisure time to collect information about the lives of the saints. His principal work, the 1615 ''Vitae Patrum'', became the foundation of the ''Acta Sanctorum''. Rosweyde contracted a contagious disease while ministering to a dying man, and died himself on October 5, 1629, at the age of sixty. Father Jean Bollandus was prefect of studies in the Jesuit college of Mechelen. Upon th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
