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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saint Piran canonical 6
St Piran 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
Cornish saint
patron saint
associatedWith Cornish identity
Cornish nationalism
Cornish people
tin mining in Cornwall
birthPlace Ireland
centuryOfActivity 5th century
commemoratedBy Saint Piran's Day celebrations in Cornwall
parades and festivals on 5 March in Cornwall
countryOfOrigin Ireland
cultCenter Cornwall
Perranzabuloe
ethnicOrigin Irish
feastDay 5 March
Saint Piran's Day
givenName Piran
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
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
metallurgists
miners
tin miners
tinners
regionOfActivity Cornwall
Ireland
religion Christianity
symbol Cornish flag
linked to: Saint Piran's Flag

Saint Piran's Flag
black flag with white cross
tradition Celtic Christianity
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Cornwall
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cornwall patronSaint Saint Piran
Saint Piran's Flag namedAfter Saint Piran
Cornish people patronSaint Saint Piran
Perranarworthal namedAfter Saint Piran
Perranuthnoe parishChurchDedication St Piran
linked to: Saint Piran
Cornish mythology hasNotableFigure Saint Piran