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Adwen
Saint
Adwen
or
Adwenna
was a
5th-century
Christian
virgin
and
saint
. She is
recorded
as a
daughter
of
Brychan
,
king of
Brycheiniog
in
south
Wales
, in the
Cornish
Life
of
Saint Nectan
and in
Robert
Hunt's
collection
of Cornish
legends
. These
sources
associate
her with
the establishment
of the
parish
of
Advent
in
Cornwall
.
The saint's
feast day
is
unknown
. In Cornwall Adwen was
traditionally
the
patron saint
of
sweethearts
.
