Adwen
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title:
Adwen
text:
Adwen or Adwenna is purported to have been a 5th-century Christian virgin and saint. According to historian Nicholas Orme, Adwen was identified in the original tradition as a brother of Nectan of Hartland, but subsequently misclassified by Charles Henderson in the 18th century as female. Adwen is therefore recorded as a daughter of Brychan, king of Brycheiniog in south Wales, in Doble's Life of Saint Nectan and in Robert Hunt's collection of Cornish legends. These sources associate her with the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
5th-century Welsh saint
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adwen
date created:
2014-11-20T15:41:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T15:49:52Z
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