Creda

Saint Creda, also called Crida, is a saint of the British Isles, Irish by birth and honoured in Cornwall. She was the daughter of Senach Ron, a chieftain of Leinster who withdrew into a monastery and became a friend of Saint Cainnech (Canice). According to old tradition a robber named Findach carried her off when she came to the well beside the church, and from him she became the mother of Saint Boethin, commemorated on 22 May. The Felire of Oengus calls her a good woman, daughter of Ronan, king of Leinster.

The Martyrology of Donegal commemorates "the daughter of Senach" on 11 August without giving a name, and the Martyrology of Tallaght lists "the daughters of Senach" on the same day. Churches of hers are found at Kilcredy and Kilcready in Ireland; in Cornwall the church of Creed near Grampound bears her name, with its feast on the Sunday nearest to 30 November. A fresco in Lanivet church shows her crowned, and there was a chapel of hers at Padstow. Baring-⁠Gould judges that she cannot be placed later than about 670.