Meubred

Saint Meubred
Born	5th Century Ireland
Died	6th Century Cardinham
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	Thursday before Whitsun

St Meubred, Mewbred or Mebbred, is a local Cornish saint with a single dedication, the church of St Meubred, Cardinham, in the Diocese of Truro.^[1] William Worcestre names him as the son of an Irish king who became a Cornish hermit.^[2] He was a contemporary of St Mannacus and St Wyllow.^[3] An image of him carrying an extra head in his hands is included in a stained glass window in the church of St Neot alongside St Mabyn.^[4]

References

1. "St Meubred: Church of England Saint Dedications".
2. Doble, Gilbert Hunter (1939). A History of the Church and Parish of St. Meubred, Cardynham. Shipston on Stour: King's Stone Press. p. 97.
3. Thacker, Alan; Sharpe, Richard (2002). Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West. Oxford University Press. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-19-820394-0.
4. Mattingly, Joanna (2003). "Pre-Reformation Saints' Cults in Cornwall - with Particular Reference to the St Neot Windows". In Cartwright, Jane. Celtic Hagiography and Saints' Cults. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 249-270. ISBN 978-0-70-831749-5.