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Paul is a village and Civil Parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall , United Kingdom . The village itself falls within the current boundaries of the civic parish of Penzance , however there is a seperate Paul parish council which is responsible for the surrounding area. HISTORY Much of the history of Paul is tied with its parish church. The church itself is said to have been founded in AD 490 by Paul Aurelian a Weslsh saint known in France as St Paul De Leon. The cathedral parish of St Pol De Leon in Brittany also claims this individual as its founder. Paul village and its church have a long association with Mousehole and has served as this communities parish church since its inception. Paul was one of the communities along with Mousehole, Newlyn and Penzance to be destroyed in the spanish raid of 1595 {Link without Title} . Within the village there is a memorial to Dolly Pentreath , reputedly and disputedly the last native speaker of Cornish . This memorial was placed there century by Louis Lucien Bonaparte , a relative of Napoleon Bonaparte in the 19th Century. TRADITIONS Like many Cornish communities Paul has its own community celebration or feast day. Paul feast is held on the Sunday nearest 10th October every year. A number of community celebration take place during the week prior to the feast, the village is decorated and a civic service takes place on the Sunday of the feast itself lead by the Mayor of Penzance and the Chairman of Penwith District Council. There is speculation that the feast may be an example of the celtic practice of celebration of Samhain or Allantide . |
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