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St Endellion

This charming village boasts the particularly interesting Parish Church of St Endelienta, built of Lundy Island granite, which houses a major work of the sculptor known as the Master of St Endellion. An anonymous artist in every aspect of his life, the Master of St Endellion has, however, been immortalised by his superb tomb, which is beautifully carved in black Catacleuse stone. The church itself is dedicated to St Endelienta, a Celtic saint who lived solely, so it is said, on cow’s milk. When a local lord killed her cow in a dispute with a local farmer, he was himself killed by King Arthur, who was St Endelienta’s godfather. She was able to bring both the cow and the lord back to life. When she died a cart pulled by an ox carried her body, as she had decreed, and when it stopped, that was to be the place of her shrine. The church has a long tradition of bell-ringing and is also the venue of the St Endellion Music Festivals which take place at Easter and in the summer every year, bringing together a wide range of exciting musicians from all over the world. It was at St Endelienta’s that Sir John Betjeman regularly worshipped, he wrote: ‘Inside, the church gives the impression that it goes on praying night and day, whether there are people in it or not’.