Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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ST/EW/174

Kevoca

Gender
Female
Floruit (period)
None
Floruit date range
? - ?
Description
Saint Keuoca or Kenoca is celebrated on 13 March in the Aberdeen Breviary, whree she is provided with lections on her life, and is presented as a model of chastity. The lections in the Aberdeen Breviary say that she is honoured at the Church of St Kevoca in Kyle, and also associate her with Cornwall. Watson described her as a 'fictitious saint' (Celtic Place-Names, 189--90.)
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
non-matyr Virgin 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
Brittonic North British, Welsh, Cornish, Breton 100 None
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
3 13 yes St Kevoca, Virgin, non-martyr None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
no attributes given
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations