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Veep (also known as ''Veepe'', among other spellings; died 6th century) is the Cornish saint for whom the village and parish of 
In records Veep appears inconsistently as male or female; the "unusual degree of confusion about the saint's gender suggests that, by the later middle ages, the name was largely that of a place-name rather than a saint with an active cult."Orme, Nicholas (1996)
''English Church Dedications: with a Survey of Cornwall and Devon'', pg. 122
retrieved 16 April 2012. as may be the reason for the change in dedication to the parish church of
Catholic Online: St. Veep
* Children of Brychan Welsh Roman Catholic saints Medieval Cornish saints {{UK-saint-stub
St Veep
St Veep () is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated above the east bank of the River Fowey about three miles (5 km) south-east of Lostwithiel. It is bordered by the parishes of St Winnow to the north-west, Boconnoc t ...
were named.
In records Veep appears inconsistently as male or female; the "unusual degree of confusion about the saint's gender suggests that, by the later middle ages, the name was largely that of a place-name rather than a saint with an active cult."Orme, Nicholas (1996)''English Church Dedications: with a Survey of Cornwall and Devon'', pg. 122
retrieved 16 April 2012. as may be the reason for the change in dedication to the parish church of
St Veep
St Veep () is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated above the east bank of the River Fowey about three miles (5 km) south-east of Lostwithiel. It is bordered by the parishes of St Winnow to the north-west, Boconnoc t ...
.
Veep may have been a daughter 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 ...
of 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 ...
who is called Wennap (also Wennapa, Gwennap
Gwennap () is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about five miles (8 km) southeast of Redruth. Hamlets of Burncoose, Comford, Coombe, Gwennap, Coombe, Crofthandy, Cusgarne, Fernsplatt, Frogpool, Hick's M ...
) or Weneu in Welsh records. Veep's feast day is 1 July.
References
External links
Catholic Online: St. Veep
* Children of Brychan Welsh Roman Catholic saints Medieval Cornish saints {{UK-saint-stub