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5th-6th century. Saint Breaca was a disciple of Saint Patrick and Saint Brigid. Obviously not too much is known of Breaca: Some consider it a male name; others female. She is said to have migrated with several companions from Ireland into Cornwall (c. 460), where she landed at Reyver on the eastern bank of the river Hayle in the hundredth of Penrith. There she led a solitary life in great sanctity and was honoured with a church famous for pilgrimages and miracles. Montague claims martyrdom for the saint (Benedictines, Husenbeth, Montague).


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