Tetha of St Teath

Saint Tetha of St Teath (Cornish Tedha, Welsh Tedda; also called Teath or Tecla) was a virgin and saint of the fifth century, venerated in Wales and Cornwall. She is linked with the parish church of St Teath in Cornwall, where a church of "St Tecla" is attested as early as 1201; the present building largely dates from improvements of the fifteenth century on a Norman church.

Cornish sources list her among the daughters of Brychan, king of Brycheiniog, making her a sister of many Welsh and Cornish saints, and among the companions of Saint Breaca, who brought Christianity to Cornwall from Ireland around 460. Unlike some of them, she does not seem to have been killed by King Tewdwr Mawr of Penwith. Her name, however, has been confused with that of other saints, among them the Irish Saint Íde of Killeedy. Her day is given in several ways in the sources (27 October, 1 May, 6 September), and it is no longer observed by the Churches in Wales. She is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally.