Saint Theneva
- Also known as
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Dwynwen
Enoch
Thaneu
Thaney
Thenaw
Thenew
Thenog
Thenova
- Memorial
- 18 July
- Profile
- British princess.
When she became pregnant before marriage, her family threw her from a cliff.
She survived the fall unharmed, and was soon met by an unmanned boat.
She knew she had no home to go to, so got into the boat; it sailed her across the Firth of Forth to land at Culross where she was cared for by Saint Serf; he became foster-father of her son, Saint Kentigern.
- Born
- British Isles
- Died
- 7th century
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabestein
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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