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Saint Piran's Flag is regarded as the national flag of Cornwall and an emblem of the Cornish people. The banner of Saint Piran is a vertical white cross on a black background. Saint Piran is supposed to have adopted these two colours from seeing the white Tin in the black coals and ashes during his supposed discovery of tin. ORIGINS The earliest written evidence of this flag was recorded by History of Cornwall', Vol III, p. 332. He gives reference to ''"a white cross on a black ground {Link without Title} was formerly the banner of St. Perran and the Standard of Cornwall"'' One of the oldest depictions of the flag can be seen in a stained glass window at Westminster Abbey .It was unveiled in 1888 in memory of this famous Cornish inventor and engineer Richard Trevithick . The window depicts St Michael at the top and nine Cornish saints, Piran, Petroc, Pinnock, Germanus, Julian, Cyriacus, Constantin, Nonna and Geraint in tiers below. The head of St Piran appears to be a portrait of Trevithick himself and the figure carries the banner of Cornwall. {Link without Title} . The flag is, perhaps not coincidentally, similar to the Flag Of Saint David , from the fellow Celtic Nation of Wales . CLUES TO ITS ORIGIN Saint Piran's flag is similar to the Breton Flag . This flag was used by the Breton Army in the Middle Ages. The cultural links between Brittany and Cornwall are well recorded. The flags are the exact reverse of each other. BRETON FAMILY ARMS |
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