Saint Piran

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Saint Piran is a 5th-century Irish-born saint venerated as the patron of tin miners and one of the most important saints of Cornwall, symbolized by the black-and-white Cornish flag associated with him.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
Cornish saint
patron saint
associatedWith Cornish identity
Cornish nationalism
Cornish people NERFINISHED
tin mining in Cornwall
birthPlace Ireland NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 5th century
commemoratedBy Saint Piran's Day celebrations in Cornwall
parades and festivals on 5 March in Cornwall
countryOfOrigin Ireland
cultCenter Cornwall NERFINISHED
Perranzabuloe NERFINISHED
ethnicOrigin Irish
feastDay 5 March
Saint Piran's Day NERFINISHED
givenName Piran NERFINISHED
hasLegend legend of being miraculously saved from drowning after being cast into the sea tied to a millstone
legend of discovering tin smelting when white tin flowed from black ore
hasShrine Perranzabuloe dunes
St Piran's Oratory NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Saint
influenced Cornish culture
Cornish symbolism
languageOfCult Cornish
Latin
notableFor association with the Cornish flag
being one of the most important saints of Cornwall
being patron saint of tin miners
occupation missionary
monk
patronage Cornwall NERFINISHED
metallurgists
miners
tin miners
tinners
regionOfActivity Cornwall NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
symbol Cornish flag NERFINISHED
Saint Piran's Flag NERFINISHED
black flag with white cross
tradition Celtic Christianity NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Cornwall NERFINISHED
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Cornwall patronSaint Saint Piran