Buriana
{{Short description|6th century Irish saint}}
{{distinguish|Burriana, Castellón}}
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|name=Buriana
|birth_date=6th century
|death_date=6th century
|feast_day=1 May (Church of England), 4 June (Catholic Church)
|venerated_in= Eastern Orthodox Church
Anglican Church
Roman Catholic Church
|image= File:Buriana in stained glass (2).jpg
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|caption=Stained glass window of Buriana, from St Buryan's Church
|birth_place=Ireland
|death_place=St Buryan, Cornwall
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|major_shrine= St Buryan's Church, Cornwall
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Buriana, also known as Berriona, Beriana, Bruinseach{{Cite book |last=Moran |first=Rev. Patrick F. |title=Irish Saints in Great Britain |year=1879 |pages=17 |language=English}} Buryan, or Beryan,Ellis (1992), p. 6 was a 6th-century Irish saint, a hermit in St Buryan, near Penzance, Cornwall. Baring-Gould identifies her with the Irish saint Bruinsech.
Life
She is said to have been the daughter of an Irish king and travelled to Cornwall from Ireland in a coracle as a missionary to convert the local people to Christianity. According to the Exeter Calendar of Martyrology, Buriana was the daughter of a Munster chieftain.Ellis, P. B. (1992) The Cornish Saints. Penryn: Tor Mark Press, p. 6 One legend tells how she cured the paralysed son of King Geraint of Dumnonia. Buriana ministered from a chapel on the site of the parish church at St Buryan.
Veneration
The parish church of St Buryan, St Buryan's Church, is her primary patronage. Despite her official feast being on 1 May (recorded in the Exeter Martyrology), the parish church of St Buryan celebrates her feast on the Sunday nearest 13 May, in accordance with the old May Day of the Julian calendar. In the Roman calendar of saints, her feast is kept on 4 June.{{Cite web |title=St Buryan Parish Church TR19 6BA {{!}} St Buriana |url=https://www.stburyanchurch.org.uk/historical-church/church-history/saint-buriana/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.stburyanchurch.org.uk}}
References
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
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File:St Buryan’s Church, St Buryan, Cornwall - geograph.org.uk - 3054451.jpg
External links
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- {{cite web |last1=Ford |first1=David Nash |title=St Buriana |url=http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/buriana.html |website=earlybritishkingdoms.com |publisher=Early British Kingdoms |access-date=2 May 2022 |date=2006}}
- {{cite web |title=Saint Buriana |url=https://www.stburyanchurch.org.uk/historical-church/church-history/saint-buriana/ |website=stburyanchurch.org.uk |publisher=St Buryan parish church |access-date=2 May 2022}}
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Category:6th-century Christian saints
Category:Medieval Irish saints of Cornwall
Category:6th-century Irish people
Category:Female saints of medieval Ireland
Category:Irish expatriates in England
Category:Medieval Irish saints
Category:6th-century Irish women
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