Morwenna

This article is about the saint. For the actress, see Morwenna Banks.

Saint Morwenna was an early 6th century saint from Morwenstow in Cornwall.

Her name at Marhamchurch is recorded as Marwenne and she is also the patron saint of Lamorran. Morwenna is said to have been one of the many children of King Brychan of Brycheiniog. Like many of her siblings, she apparently travelled across the Bristol Channel to Cornwall where she settled at Morwenstow in the extreme north of the modern county. Images of her in stained glass may be seen in the parish church there and her holy well survives in a now inaccessible position down below the cliff.

Mor wenna is a Cornish name and is derived from "Mor" Cornish for sea and "Wenna" meaning maiden (or possibly white).^{[citation needed]} It is also used as the Cornish for mermaid.