 | Davies Gilbert - 1838 - 470 페이지
...Nunne, being in some accounts called Naunita or Nannites, and in others Novita, is (as Leland tells us) said to have been the daughter of an Earl of Cornwall,...mother of St. David, the famous Archbishop of Menevia, from him called St. David's. THE EDITOR. St. N un is stated to have been the mother of St. David. About... | |
 | John Thomas Blight - 1858 - 248 페이지
...St. Nunne, in some accounts called Naunita or Nannites, and in others Novita, is (as Leland tells us) said to have been the daughter of an Earl of Cornwall,...mother of St. David, the famous Archbishop of Menevia, from him called St. David's."§ Davies Gilbert says, — " About a mile from the cathedral of St. David's... | |
 | Sophy Moody - 1863 - 336 페이지
...willows. It is overspread by a huge oak-tree garlanded with ivy. It is known as St. vr — >_ ttWell. Her legend is still preserved. She is said to have...which is often now called the ' Piskies' ' (or the Fairies') Well; and yet there was an ample choice amongst the many forms which her name has assumed... | |
 | Joseph Polsue - 1867 - 448 페이지
...to S. Nunne, which S. Nunne, being in some accounts called Naunita or Nannites, and in other Novita, is said to have been the daughter of an earl of Cornwall, and mother of S. David, the famous archbishop of Menevia, from him called S. David's. HISTORY OF CORNWALL. which... | |
 | Robert Charles Hope - 1893 - 264 페이지
...WELL. In the parish of Altarnum or Alternon, there is a well dedicated in honour of St. Nonna, who is said to have been the daughter of an Earl of Cornwall, and mother of St. David, whose waters were supposed to have the power of curing madness ; and according to Carew and Borlase... | |
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... wonderfully varying names everywhere ; but let us now turn to one of the pretty Cornish holy wells. It is on the Trelawney property. Its arched roof is overgrown with silvery willows. It is overspread by a huge oak-tree garlanded with ivy. It is known... 