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St Minver church is dedicated to Saint Menefreda, one of the 24 children of Brychan whom tradition holds came to Cornwall from Wales in the fifth century. Among her sisters were Endelienta, Mabyn and Teath to all of whom local churches or chapels were dedicated. These early Christian missionaries did not always make a clear break with existing religions but attempted gradually to assimilate and change the old beliefs. It is possible that St Minver church is built on a pagan site. In the oldest part of the churchyard are crude slate coffins believed to be evidence of pre-Christian burials, possibly of the same date as those evidenced on Dartmoor. Like many churches in North Cornwall St Minver had connexions with the Augustinian priory in Bodmin. In August 1269 the parish was appropriated to the use of the prior and convent who became responsible for nominating the vicar of the parish who was in turn responsible for serving St Minver and its two dependant chapels of St Michael and St Enodoc.
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