Martyr
Constantine of Cornwall
A king of Cornwall honored as a martyr, slain for Christ in Kintyre in Scotland in 576.
Life
Holy Martyr Constantine of Cornwall was, according to a note, a noble (by tradition a king) of Cornwall who, after a life of sin, repented in Wales and Ireland. From there he went as a missionary to Scotland, where he was killed by robbers, at Kintyre, in the year 576. Two places in Cornwall bear his name.
He is commemorated on 9 March, by the Western calendar (new style), as a saint of the undivided Church.
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