Saint
Kew
A holy woman venerated in Cornwall.
- Feast
- February 8old style February 21
- Era
- 6th century
- Place
- Cornwall
Life
Saint Kew is honoured in Cornwall, where a village bears her name, St Kew, and in Gwent in Wales, where the old calendars remember her as Kigwe (Ciwa), a saint of the sixth or seventh century. According to one tradition she was the sister of Docco, and both crossed from Gwent into Cornwall; Docco is said to have founded the settlement of Lan Docco there. The English Orthodox calendar remembers her as a virgin, on 8 February in the old style. No other sure details of her life survive.
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