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

He was said to have been born in Ireland but worked in Cornwall.

Wyllow

He was reputedly beheaded by Melyn ys Kynrede ("Melyn's kinfolk") 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. He is still commemorated in Cornwall, with the 15th century St. Wyllow's Church. built by Thomas Mohun at Lanteglos-by-Fowey.

Wyllow

He is also known as Vylloc and his dates of birth and death are unknown, though it is likely that he lived in the 6th century. St. Willow is regarded as the patron of Lanteglos.

Wyllow

See also

Mybbard and Mancus

References

6th-century Christian martyrs

6th-century executions

Medieval Irish saints of Cornwall

Cephalophores

6th-century Irish people

Medieval Cornish saints

Irish expatriates in England

Irish people executed abroad

Executed Cornish people

Year of birth unknown

Year of death unknown

English hermits