Tryphine
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Saint Tryphine (also spelled Trifine, Triphine and Tréphine) is a semi-legendary Breton saint whose life is often considered to be the basis of the story of Bluebeard. In Brittany she is widely revered as a patron saint of sick children and those whose birth is overdue. The legend of Saint Tryphine probably derives from a historical individual who was the wife of the early Breton ruler Conomor.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Vannes
- Place of death
- Brittany
- Child
- Tremorus of Brittany
- Father
- Waroch II
- Image
- Trephine.jpg
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- canonization status
- saint
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- Saint Tryphine
- date of death
- 0550-00-00
- cause of death
- decapitation
- feast day
- July 21
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- Historical background
- Myth of Tryphine and Tremeur
- Myth of Tryphine and King Arthur
- Notes
Saint Tryphine (also spelled Trifine, Triphine and Tréphine) is a semi-legendary Breton saint whose life is often considered to be the basis of the story of Bluebeard. In Brittany she is widely revered as a patron saint of sick children and those whose birth is overdue. The legend of Saint Tryphine probably derives from a historical individual who was the wife of the early Breton ruler Conomor.
==Historical background== Conomor is said to have married Tryphine, the daughter of his ally Waroch I, but seems later to have violently abused and then murdered her. Conomor was later killed in battle with a rival, and became a legendary villain in Breton history. Tryphine was elevated to the position of a martyred saint, along with her son Tremeur, and there are many churches dedicated to them. The village of Sainte-Tréphine is named for the former.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tryphine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.