Saint Enoder, (also known as Tenenan, Tinidor and Ternoc) was a 5th-century Cornish saint from Brecknockshire in South Wales. He is venerated in the

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, and Roman Catholic, and

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Churches. He is known to

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

mostly through the medieval lists of the children of King

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 ...

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 ...

where he was originally called Wenheden and should not be confused with Saint

Enodoc Saint Enodoc, originally Wenedoc, was a sub-Roman Pre-congregational saint of Cornwall. Enodoc was originally recorded as a man. Historian Nicholas Orme says that in the 16th century the name was apparently misunderstood as that of a woman. En ...

. Today, he is remembered in the name of

St Enoder St Enoder () is a civil parish and hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated five miles (8 km) southeast of Newquay. There is an electoral ward bearing this name which includes St Columb Road. The population at t ...

a parish and hamlet in

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, ...

. His

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is the last Thursday in April.

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Medieval Welsh saints Medieval Cornish saints 5th-century Christian saints Children of Brychan {{Saint-stub