Saint Non

Also known as

• Nonna
• Nonnita

Memorial

• 3 March

Profile

Nobility, possibly of a royal house. Widow. Legend says she was the unwed mother of Saint David of Wales. Lived in convents in Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany.

Died

• in Brittany of natural causes
• relics initially eshrined in Cornwall
• relics destroyed during the Reformation

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Catholic Online
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson