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The graceful 1991 built Breton
sailing vessel CORENTIN at anchor off St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly on
August 01, 2005. She is one of three vessels offering cruises for "Gouelia
- The Breton Traditional Ship Company" and is a replica Lugger. She is
a regular visitor to the Isles of Scilly.
Notes on her name: CORENTIN was
the first Bishop of Cornouaille, now known as Quimper, in Brittany -
his relics can be found here. His cult spread throughout S. W.
England, where he was known as St. Cury. He was first mentioned in the
9th Century as a hermit living by a stream containing a miraculous
fish from which he was able to take a slice each day for his meal. The
fish would then grow back the slice ready for the next meal. There is a
village named Cury on the Lizard Peninsula, near Helston. The church
here is also named St Corentin. St. Cury (aka Corentin, Corantyn or
Corentinus) died round about the year 490. (Source: The Saints of
Cornwall) |
