This is a list of notable Christians from Cornwall, a county of England, in the United Kingdom.
Medieval
edit- A reputed King of Cornwall named Constantine was venerated in Cornwall as a saint, one of several saints named Constantine known in the Celtic church
- St Corentin, missionary to Brittany[1]
- John of Cornwall, medieval scholar
- St Petroc, a patron saint of Cornwall and of Devon[2]
- St Piran, a patron saint of Cornwall and tin miners[3]
- Michael Tregury, Archbishop of Dublin from 1450 to 1471 and chaplain to Henry VI
- John Trevisa, clergyman and scholar (Middle Ages)
- Thomas Vyvyan (or Vivian), prior of Bodmin and bishop of Megara (Tudor period)
Modern (post-Reformation)
edit- Thomas Ball Barratt, Norwegian pastor and one of the founding figures of the Pentecostal movement in Europe
- William Borlase, clergyman, antiquary and naturalist
- William Trewartha Bray, Bible Christian preacher
- William Carvosso, Wesleyan Methodist
- Jack Clemo, blind poet and author from the china clay country
- John William Colenso, bishop of Natal and Zulu advocate
- William Colenso, missionary, botanist, politician, and cousin of John William Colenso
- Blessed John Cornelius, Catholic priest and Jesuit, beatified in 1929
- Gilbert Hunter Doble, Anglican clergyman and scholar
- Samuel Drew, Methodist theologian
- George Grenfell, missionary
- Venerable John Hambley (died 1587), English Catholic and martyr
- Thomas Haweis, Church of England minister who was a leading figure in the 18th century evangelical revival
- Silas Hocking, author and preacher[4]
- Joseph Hull (1596-1665), rector at Launceston and St Buryan; controversial New England emigrant
- Joseph Hunkin, Bishop of Truro[5]
- W. S. Lach-Szyrma, clergyman and scholar
- George Martin, Anglican priest; known as "the modern St Anthony"
- Henry Martyn, Anglican missionary to India
- William O’Bryan, founder of the Bible Christian denomination of Methodism
- John Pendarves, Puritan minister and controversialist
- Catherine Payton Phillips, Quaker minister[6]
- Colin Podmore, ecclesiastical historian and Anglican official
- Sam Pollard, missionary and inventor of the Pollard script
- Gerald Priestland, writer and broadcaster
- Paul Robins, Bible Christian minister who emigrated to Canada
- John Rogers, biblical scholar, clergyman, geologist & botanist
- Robert Terrill Rundle, Wesleyan Methodist missionary to Canada
- Richard Rutt, Anglican bishop and Cornish bard
- Samuel Prideaux Tregelles, Biblical scholar
- Jonathan Trelawny, Anglican bishop and antagonist of James II[7]
- Bernard Walke, Anglo-Catholic priest and author of radio plays
- John Whitaker, clergyman and scholar
Gallery
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George Grenfell -
Henry Martyn, missionary to India and Persia -
Sam Pollard with two Miao teachers -
Samuel Prideaux Tregelles
See also
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References
edit- ^ Butler, Alban; Jones, Kathleen; Farmer, David Hugh; Burns, Paul (2000). "St Corentin". Butler's Lives of the Saints. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 107. ISBN 9780860122616. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ Caroline Brett, ‘Petroc (fl. 6th cent.)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Caroline Brett, ‘Piran [St Piran] (supp. fl. 6th cent.)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ R. G. Burnett, ‘Hocking, Silas Kitto (1850–1935)’, rev. Sayoni Basu, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ "Joseph Hunkin in New York". Time, Inc. 14 February 1938. Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
- ^ ODNB article by Gil Skidmore, ‘Phillips, Catherine (1727–1794)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 accessed 24 June 2010.
- ^ Andrew M. Coleby, ‘Trelawny, Sir Jonathan, third baronet (1650–1721)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 17 Dec 2008