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  • KAKbishop of Vanant in Armenia (St. Martin, Mém. sur l' Arm. ii. 367), present at the synod of Ardashad in 450. (Elisha Var
  • KAKHUbishop of Duruperan (St. Martin, Mém. sur PArm. ii. 361), present at the synod of Ardashad in 450, (Elisha Vartabed, His
  • KALLINICUS(Catuinicus, GALLinicus), exarch of Ravenna c. 598-c. 602. (He is called exarch by Gregory the Great, " patricius" by Pa
  • KAMJESU(i.e. Jesus HAS RISEN), maphrian
  • KANANGCgiven by Leland in a list of Brychan's children [Brycuan]. (Rees, Welsh Saints, 160; Baring-Gould, Lives of the Saints,
  • KANILLUShermit of the Benedictine order, companion and disciple of St. Buo the Bard, and venerated in Argyle (Argathelia) and ot
  • KANTEN, CANNEN(Mypv. Arch. ii. 36), son of Gwydldew, Welsh saint of the 6th century, probably founder, as he is patron, of Llan- gante
  • KARIUNDUS(Carrunpus, Carmupus, CORVINDUS) appears in the lists as the eleventh bishop of Nantes, on the authority of old records
  • KARKHan Armenian martyr in the reign of Isdigerd IL, king of Persia and Armenia,
  • KARLOMANNUS(CaRLoMAN), mayor of the palace and afterwards monk.. He was the eldest son of Charles Martel and elder brother of Pippi
  • KARRANUSbishop. [Caran]
  • KARVANgiven by Myv. Arch. ii. 37, as patron of Llangarvan, Glamorganshire, but probably in error for Cattwg [Capoc] of Llancar
  • KATHAN(CatHan, CATHEN), son of Cawrdaf, and founder of Llangathen, Camarthenshire ; the Hundred of Catheiniog has probably its
  • KATRIN(Catrin), patron of " Eglwys, Sant y Catrin" (Myv. Arch. ii. 36), probably the Welsh form of St. Catharine, virgin marty
  • KEBIUS(Cuby, see above s, v. CyB1), ST., a cousin of St. David (see the pedigree, i. 660). His Life (Hardy's Catalogue of Mate
  • KEDDANbishop. [CarTan.]
  • KELLACH(1). (ortne'
  • KELLBIL(CEtib1n, CELLBILEvs), abbat of Cluain-Bronaigh (now Clonbroney near Granard, <o. Longford, but placed by Lanigan in
  • KELLENUS(Bolland. Acta SS. Mart. 26, t. iii, (626), 623). [MocHEALLoG.] [J. G.J
  • KENANKenan Calod Lock is mentioned by Albert le Grande, in his Life of St. Zuova, as appointed to administer the affairs of t
  • KENANACHprobably a form of KENNETH and Carynecu. On the island of Irich Kenneth, off the west of Mull, in the Hebrides, there ar
  • KENEBURGA(Kenpera, KyNEBURGA), the first abbess of St. Peter's, Gloucester, according to the Gloucester Chronicle (ed. Hart, pp.
  • KENEDLON(CENEDLON), Welsh saint of the 5th century, daughter of Brychan of Brycheiniog, (Myv. Arch. ii. 32; Rees, Welsh Saints.
  • KENET, STonce the patron saint of Lesnewth in Cornwall, a church now dedicated to St. Michael. William of Worcester, 116, says, "
  • KENETHRYTHA(CwornTuRiTHA, CYNETHRITHA), a daughter of Kenulf king of Mercia, and abbess of Winchelcomb. It is difficult to disentan
  • KENT, KINGS OFThe ancient kingdom of Kent may be roughly described as co-extensive with the modern county, or ecclesiastically with th
  • KENTIGERN(ConruicerNus, CoNTHIGIRNUS, CYNDEYRN, KENTEGERNUS, KENTIGERNUS, KENTIYERN, KienTIERN, KYENTYERN, QUENTIGERN, MoncAn, Mu
  • KENTIGERNA(CAENTIGERN, CAINTIGERN, CANTIGERN, CENTIGERNA, COENTIGERNA, KENTIGERNE, QUENTIGERNA, QUINTIGERNA), widow, commemorated
  • KENTWINUSking of Wessex. [CENt-.
  • KENULFking of Mercia, succeeded Ecgferth in December 796. He was the son of Cuthberht, and a descendant in the fifth degree fr
  • KENULPHUSfirst abbat of Crowland (Kemble, Cod. Dipl. 66). His successor Patrick was said to be living in 793. (Jonast. Angi. ii.
  • KERI, STson of Brychan of Brecknock, probably the patron saint of Egloskerry in Cornwall, but the parish church is now dedicated
  • KEROa monk of St. Gall, who lived in the reign of Pippin, the father of Charlemagne, and during the abbacy of Othmar. He was
  • KERTEN, KERTNNUS[MaccarTHeEn.]
  • KESSOG(Kessocus, MAKKESSAGE, MAKKESSAGUS, MAKKEssoGus), bishop and confessor in Scotland, commemorated March 10. Brev. Aberd.
  • KEURBREITWelsh saint, perhaps of the 5th century, but unidentified. (Rees, Welsh Saints, 122; Jones, Brecknockshire, i. 343.)
  • KEVILpatron of a church in Ballybrennan parish, bar. Forth, co. Wexford, but its bell and materials profaned. (Journ. Kilk. A
  • KEVIN[CoEMGEN.]
  • KEVOCA(Kennocna, Kennorita, KeNnoca), virgin in Scotland, commemorated March 13. Her legend is given in the six lections of th
  • KEW, ST(see v. Crwa). The name of the parish of St. Kew in Cornwall represents the: colloquial English form of St. Ciwg or Cwic
  • KEYNAsee CenEv (1), and Kerslake's Damnonia outside Cornwali, 428. [C. W. B.]
  • KEYNWEN, STa daughter of Brychan of Brecknock, whose feast day is the 8th October (see above v. CEINWEN). There is a parish of Kenw
  • KHOROHPOUD(Cuorosutus), a Persian historian mentioned by Moses of Choren (lib. ii. capp. 69, 70 in Langlois, Historiens, vol. ii.
  • KHUSRAU(Cuosrogs), deacon martyred under Sapor II., king of Persia, (Wright's Syr. Mart. in Journ. Sac. Lit. 1866, p. 432.)
  • KIE-HONestorian bishop of Sighanfu, 745. (Le Quien, ii. 1270.) [{C. H.]
  • KIERAN, ST(see v. CIARAN). The Cornish form of the name is Piran, which see; but the Irish form remains at St. Kerian, in Exeter,
  • KILIAN(1), martyrin Franconia. [CrL1an.]
  • KINAETH(CINAEDH), son of Cumasgach, abbat of Dearmhach (now Durrow, co. Meath), died A.D. 793. (Ann. Ult. A.D. 792; Four Mast.
  • KINDASVINTH(Curnpasvintuvs), king of Gothic Spain from May 8 (?) 642 to Sept. 30, 653.
  • KINDILA(Curnpina), king of Gothic Spain from A.D. 636 to 640.
  • KINEARDUScalled by Dempster a Scot, monk and abbat in Gaul with Alcuin; said to have written Vita Caroli Magni, 1. i.; Epistolae,
  • KINEDUS[Kynepvs.]
  • KINOTHUSking of the Picts, with whom Ethelred king of Northumbria took refuge in 780. (Wend. Fl. H. ann. 780, ed. Coxe.)
  • KIONITAE([Sryuiraez.]
  • KIRIANISa bishop in Cyprus, one of those to whom the Paschal letter of Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria, in condemnation of Orig
  • KIRIANUSbishop, commemorated March 5 in Dempster, Men. Scot, [CIARAN (4).] [J. G.]
  • KIRITINUS(Quererinus, Krrstinvs, KYRINUS) occupies an important place in Scotch hagiography, as probably forming the connecting l
  • KLEDWYN(CLEpwyN, CLiypwyy), son of Brychan of Brycheiniog, and at first a soldier. He is said to have conquered South Wales, bu
  • KOLMAN, KOLMON(Gormay), Irish saint in Wales in the 5th century, patron of Lilangolman, subject to Maenclochog, and of Capel Colman, s
  • KTENOLATRAE(krnvoddrpa, a name given by the Julianists to their opponents. (Nicetas Chon. Thes. Orth. Fid. lib. ix. cap. 10 in Pat.
  • KTISTOLATRAE[APHTHARTODOCETAE. } KYFLEFYR (Cyr.eryr), called inthe Achan
  • KYMORTH(Cymorrn), Welsh saint in Emlyn, perhaps also called Corth, and wife of Brynach Wyddel. (Myv. Arch. ii. 35; Rees, Welsh
  • KYNEDUS, ST(KEneEpws), said to have been born in Brittany, and to have come to Wales in the time of St. David. (Capgrave, Nova Lege
  • KYNIGYTHA(KiniGiTHE), queen of Kent, mentioned in a doubtful charter of Wihtred king of Kent, dated July 17, 694 (Kemble, Cod. Di
  • KYNWASson of Caw, not given by Rees (Welsh Saints), but is in Jones's list. (Welsh Bards, ii, 22; Lady Ch. Guest, DZabinogion,
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