Saint Tetha | |
|---|---|
 St Tetha's in St Teath | |
| Princess of Brycheiniog Virgin | |
| Born | 5th century |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Major shrine | St Teath |
| Feast | Various (lapsed) |
| Patronage | St Teath |
Tetha (Cornish: Tedha; Welsh: Tedda), also known as Teath (/tɛθ/),[1][2] Tecla,[3][4] and by a variety of other names,[5] was a 5th-century virgin and saint in Wales and Cornwall. She is associated with the parish church of St Teath in Cornwall. Baring-Gould gives her feast day as 27 October,[3] but this has been called a mistaken conflation with Saint Ia.[4] In 1878, it was held on the movable feast of Whit Tuesday.[5] Other sources place it on 1 May,[6] 6 September,[7][8] and (mistakenly) 15 January.[7] It is no longer observed by either the Anglican[9] or Catholic church in Wales.[10]
- ^ St Teath Village Website. "Facts". 2014. Accessed 30 Nov 2014.
- ^ Bartrum, p. 687: "St Teath".
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sabiwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Bartrum, p. 687: "St. Tecla".
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preachwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Roscarrock, Nicholas. Lives of the English Saints. c. 1625.
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tethawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Challoner, Richard. A Memorial of Ancient British Piety: Or, a British Martyrology, p. 126. W. Needham (London), 1761.
- ^ The Church in Wales. "The Book of Common Prayer for Use in the Church in Wales: The New Calendar and the Collects". 2003. Accessed 18 Nov 2014.
- ^ The Catholic Church in England and Wales. "Liturgy Office: November 2015". Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, 2014. Accessed 18 Nov 2014.