Saint Buriana | |
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| Born | 6th century Ireland |
| Died | 6th century Cornwall |
| Venerated in | Anglican Church, Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | St Buryan's Church, Cornwall |
| Feast | May 1 |
Saint Buriana (or Berriona, Beriana or Beryan)[1] was a 6th-century Irish saint, a hermit in St Buryan, near Penzance, Cornwall. Baring-Gould identifies her with the Irish Saint Bruinsech.
She is said to have been the daughter of an Irish king and travelled to Cornwall from Ireland as a missionary to convert the local people to Christianity. According to the Exeter Calendar of Martyrology Buriana was the daughter of a Munster chieftain.[2] One legend tells how she cured the paralysed son of King Geraint of Dumnonia. Buriana ministered from a chapel on the site of the parish church at St Buryan.
Buriana's feast day is 1 May.
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