Celtic Saints for July 17

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St. Cynllo of Wales, St. Kenelm of Mercia, St. Turninus of Antwerp
St. Cynllo of Wales ------------------------- 5th century. Little is
known of this saint who gave his name to several churches in Wales
(Benedictines). St. Kenelm (Cynehelm), King of Mercia, Martyr at
Gloucester ---------------------------------------------------- Died c.
812-821. According to a popular legend of the Middle Ages, Kenelm was
seven when his father, King Kenulf (Coenwulf) of Mercia, died, and he
succeeded to the throne. His sister Quendreda (Cynefrith or Quoenthryth)
bribed his tutor, Ascebert, to murder him in the forest of Clent so that
she could claim the throne. Ascebert did, but when the body was
discovered and enshrined at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, all kinds of
marvels occurred at his grave. All three are actual figures, but Kenelm
did not die at seven and may even have died before his father. It is
certain that he lived until his adolescence and may have been killed in
battle (Attwater, Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopaedia). He was highly
honoured in England during the Middle Ages as a saint and martyr, and
still is venerated at Gloucester and Winchcombe, where his relics are
enshrined (Encyclopaedia, Roeder). In art, Saint Kenelm is depicted as
a young prince with a blossoming rod. The picture may also contain a
dove with a letter in its mouth (Roeder). St. Turninus of Antwerp
------------------------------- 8th century. Saint Turninus, an Irish
monk and priest, worked as a missionary in the Netherlands with Saint
Foillan, especially in the area around Antwerp, where he died. His
relics were translated to Liege, where they are enshrined in a monastery
on the Sambre (Benedictines, Husenbeth).


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