For the village of Gwinear and the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, see Gwinear-Gwithian
Gwinear was a saint of the early Celtic period, one of only two early Cornish saints whose biographies survived the Reformation. It was written about 1300 by a priest named Anselm and has sometimes been printed among St Anselm's works (Doble (1960) includes a translation of a large part of the text).
Born in Ireland, he was converted to Christianity by St Patrick and after spending time in Brittany went with 7 (or 777) companions to Cornwall, where he was martyred by King Teudar[1][2]
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