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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Bryvyth

Saint named in the old calendars; the sources preserve few details about her.

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

Era
unknown

Life

Bryvyth (Brevita) is the saint to whom the church of St Brevita at Lanlivery in Cornwall, a medieval church of the Church of England, is dedicated. Her veneration is known only at Lanlivery and nothing is known of her life. The name appears in 1423 (Briueta), 1473 (Breutta), 1539 (Bryvyth) and 1763 (Brevita); one early source takes the saint to be male. In 1870 and 1887 her feast was kept on the first Sunday after the first Tuesday in May. A nearby holy well bears her name, and the parish dresses it on her day.