Saint Mabena

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name=Saint Mabena
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death_date=c. 550
feast_day=18 November
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church
Anglican Communion


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birth_place=Brycheiniog, Wales
death_place=St Mabyn, Cornwall
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patronage=St Mabyn
major_shrine=St Mabyn (destroyed)
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Mabena (also known as Mabon or Mabyn) was probably born in Brycheiniog in South Wales and later settled in Cornwall. [ [http://www.thisisnorthcornwall.com/st-mabyn.html St Mabyn ] ]

According to the medieval 'Life of Saint Nectan', Mabena was one of the twenty-four children of Saint Brychan, a Welsh holy man and king of Brycheiniog. Like so many of her siblings, she travelled to Cornwall and settled at what has developed as the village named after her, St Mabyn. Both the parish church and the local public house are dedicated to her memory. Her feast day is 18 November.

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External links

* [http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/mabena.html Early British Kingdoms: St. Mabena]