Wyllow

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Wyllow was a Cornish hermit saint and martyr whose existence was reported by William Worcester.

Said to have been born in Ireland, he was reputedly beheaded by Melyn ys Kynrede in the parish of Lanteglos, near Fowey. Supposedly, he then carried his head for half a mile to St Willow's Bridge, where a church was later built in his honour. Nicholas Roscarrock gives his feast day as 3 June. His lifedates are unknown, though it is likely that he lived in the 6th century.

[edit] Reference

• Farmer, David Hugh. (1978). The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Oxford: Oxford University Press.