WHO WAS SAINT JULITTA?

Also known as Ilud, Gilt, Juliot, Juliana

THEORY 1

Jutwara or Jutwell was the sister of S. Sidwell, con-sequently also of S. Paulus Aurelianus. Her sister Wulvella was settled at Laneast, in Cornwall. The adjoining parish is Lanteglos, dedicated to S. Julitta, and in it is the holy well called Jutwells. The rededication to Julitta probably took place when re-consecrated by one of the bishops of Exeter. It is not possible to say by whom Lanteglos was originally founded, and who was its first patron, but it is within the range of probability that it was Jutwara or Jutwell, the sister of the two commemorated at Laneast. Jutwara was killed by her brother, to whom she had been falsely accused of incontinence. He cut off her head. Where it fell a well bubbled up. She rose, took up her head and carried it to the church. Her body was translated to Sherborne Abbey. (The l;ives of the saints REV. S. BARING-GOULD )

THEORY 2

Saint Julitta, or Saint Juliot, is a male Celtic saint to whom two Cornish churches are dedicated. He is believed to have settled at the site of Tintagel Castle at the end of the 5th century and established a small monastic community. In some accounts he is a member of the Children of Brychan and St Nectan and the holy female Hermit, St Keyne, are thought to have been his companions. He is the patron of the parish churches of St Juliot and of Lanteglos by Camelford. The Norman chapel of Tintagel Castle is dedicated to St Julitta. At Jetwells near Camelford is a holy well. Jetwells derives from "Juliot's well".^[1]

He should not be confused with either of two early female martyrs called Julitta. One was Julitta of Caesarea, a widow venerated by Saint Basil who left a testimony of her life on the 70th anniversary of her death. The other Julitta, known as Julitta of Tarsus, also a widow, is associated with the three year old child, St Cyricus. She was his mother. All three are martyrs in the 3rd or 4th century and considered saints both in the Eastern and the Western Rite Christian churches. Cyricus is known as St. Cyr in France. (Wikipedia)