Cain

Venerable Cain (Cain Wyry, Ceinwen or Keyne) is counted among the daughters of Brychan, a virgin recluse. According to the legend, she left her home in Brecknockshire, crossed the Severn and settled at Keynsham in Somerset, where at her prayer snakes were turned to stone, which is how the ammonites in the rocks there were explained. After some years she withdrew to a hill near her home and caused a healing spring to rise. Saint Cadoc visited her and buried her in her oratory. The church of Llangeinor in Glamorgan and the holy well of Saint Keyne in Cornwall keep her name. Welsh calendars give her day as 8 October (old style). The legend is late. Another source names a Cain, daughter of Caw. She is a saint of the undivided Church.