Entenin, also called Antoninus and Anthony, was a medieval Brittonic saint. The name ''Entenin'' appears in a 10th-century list of

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found in the binding of a manuscript now in the

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. Two parish churches in

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are dedicated to him, those of St Anthony in Roseland and

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. A well, known as ''Ventoninny,'' in the parish of

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also preserves his name; it may have been a

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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'' date the name to the 5th to 8th centuries. The fact that his name was nativised indicates that his cult was not a foreign one. Entenin's cult may have originated in the Roseland parish, where he was recorded in the 12th century as a king and martyr with a feast day on 25 December. He may later have been identified with the martyr Antoninus of Alexandria, whose feast was celebrated on 9 August, as by the mid 19th century the Roseland parish held its feast day on the Sunday nearest to 10 August.

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