Saint Buriana | |
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.jpg) Stained glass window of Buriana, fromSt Buryan's Church | |
| Born | 6th century Ireland |
| Died | 6th century St Buryan,Cornwall |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Majorshrine | St Buryan's Church, Cornwall |
| Feast | 1 May (Church of England), 4 June (Catholic Church) |
Buriana, also known asBerriona,Beriana,Bruinseach[1]Buryan, orBeryan,[2] was a 6th-centuryIrish saint, a hermit inSt Buryan, nearPenzance,Cornwall.Baring-Gould identifies her with the Irish saint Bruinsech.
She is said to have been the daughter of an Irish king and travelled to Cornwall from Ireland in acoracle as a missionary to convert the local people toChristianity. According to the Exeter Calendar of Martyrology, Buriana was the daughter of a Munster chieftain.[3] One legend tells how she cured the paralysed son of KingGeraint of Dumnonia. Buriana ministered from a chapel on the site of theparish church at St Buryan.
The parish church ofSt Buryan,St Buryan's Church, is her primary patronage. Despite her official feast being on 1 May (recorded in the Exeter Martyrology), the parish church of St Buryan celebrates her feast on the Sunday nearest 13 May, in accordance with the oldMay Day of theJulian calendar. In theRoman calendar of saints, her feast is kept on 4 June.[4]
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