Venerable
Tenoi
A venerable saint, commemorated in the early Celtic calendars; very little is recorded.
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- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Tenoi (Tenew), a matron and abbess, was one of the three daughters of Lleuddun Luyddog, ruler of Lothian: Denw, Tenoi and Perferen. Tenoi was wife of Dingad ab Nudd Hael and mother of Saints Lleuddad, Baglan, Tegwy, Tyfriog and Eleri. In the Life of Saint Winefred she is the abbess of the convent of nuns at Gwytherin, where her son Eleri was abbot. She has been confused with Saint Tenew of Scotland, the mother of Saint Kentigern, because of the likeness of names. The veneration is local, without synodal canonization.