Cult of St Ia popular in early Byzantine period w/ church at Constantinople, so why not look for her there given 5-6thC imports to Cornwall?
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Indeed, church of St Ia at Constantinople restored by Justinian I, who ruled at time Byzantine pottery was being exported to Cornwall...
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@caitlinrgreen would imagine there would have been ore and metals going the other way, long history of naturalising religious figures -
@T3_Stephen yes, definitely looking for the tin! And indeed, just find bit worrying hardly anyone notices that St Ia is major Byz saint too! -
@caitlinrgreen I have a book sitting next me which may have something in it, how odd. -
@T3_Stephen ooh, interesting---only one I've yet seen=Ken Dark's volume, otherwise ppl largely just go "otherwise unknown Irish Saint" etc!
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Late legends of St Ia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia_of_Cornwall … Image of St Ia's well, St Ives, Cornwall here:http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=24069 …
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@caitlinrgreen ah, I saw this on my visit in Nov! :) without realising much of the significance of it -
@CatherineEsse it's not the most interesting Cornish holy well, has to be admitted!
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@caitlinrgreen Have to defend my turf! ;) Numbers of 5/6thC ogam stones in Cornwall showing Irish settlement/cult influence... -
@VoxHiberionacum lol! Well, of course ;) I suppose my issue is that the stories are v late and read more like tales invented to explain a >
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@VoxHiberionacum > name than anything else. And whilst def Irish influences, imports & their distribution suggest deliberate post-Roman >
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@VoxHiberionacum > adopted Romanitas in 5/6thC Dumnonia to me... On name, Padel seems fairly clear Cornish form is Ia/Ya, and the 'v' is >
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@VoxHiberionacum > "non-original" in his view... Otoh, if a clear Irish etymology for Ia available, then might be convinced! ;) Question >
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@VoxHiberionacum > is, is there a 5thC reconstructed Irish form that would regularly become Cornish Ya via normal sound changes a la >
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@VoxHiberionacum > Jackson/Sims-Williams etc, or are we relying on "corruption"? The former would be interesting, the latter less so! ;)
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@caitlinrgreen 'iva' as name form attested ogam stones in Leinster from a v. early church ident with women founders http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?lang=en&site=National_Museum&stone=19._Colbinstown_I … - 7 more replies
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very interesting — can you say any more about the story of the 4thC Persian St Ia?
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follow the thread under that Tweet - she does!
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Sorry missed it, thanks v. much :-)
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It's on my mental list of topics to post some more on too, will try to remember to do this! :)
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Look forward to it. Esp if it's not too mad for you to consider any connections between Culdees & Chaldeas? :-)
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