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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Ambrusca

A venerable saint, commemorated in the early Celtic calendars; very little is recorded.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Venerable Ambrusca is known only from the village of Crantock in Cornwall, where a chapel dedicated to her once stood in the churchyard and a covered well near the village bore her name. The well has been destroyed, but the water still rises and is led by a pipe to a fountain by the road. The form of the name is not certain, and Ambrusca is in no Welsh, Irish or Breton calendar. She may have belonged to the company of Saint Carantoc. Nothing else is known of her life; she is a saint of the undivided Church.