Old Cornwall Notes and Queries Forum
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Sandra
Aug 19, 06 - 3:58 AM |
Crosses and Saints in Cornwall & Brittany
I recently visited Brittany and was intrigued to find many crosses and places with Saint names similar to Cornwall. Was there a link in the past between the two places? Sandra |
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Andrew
Feb 18th, 2007 - 10:46 AM |
Re: Crosses and Saints in Cornwall & Brittany
Sandra Saints and early Christian missionaries from Ireland and Wales came to both Cornwall and Brittany during the dark ages. Here they founded churches, often with the same dedication, therefore we find that there is a St Breock in Cornwall and in Brittany. During the medieval period and up until the Reformation Cornwall traded extensively with Brittany and many Bretons lived and worked in Cornwall. These links may have influenced sculpture. Some of the granite latin crosses are similar to ours in Cornwall, however many of the calvary type crosses with figure sculpture are probably post Reformation and shows us how Cornwall may have looked if we were still predominently a Catholic country. regards Andrew |
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