Electra, Saint
Electra, Saint
Virgin, martyr (flourished c.490). She is said to have been the daughter of Bragan (Brychan), a British prince, after whom the present county of Brecknock is named. Rejecting marriage with a mortal prince, she espoused herself to God, and was martyred . She is the Luned of the “Mabinogion” and the Lynette of Tennyson’s “Gareth and Lynette.” Feast , 1 August .