What is "noyale"

Saint Noyale, also known as Noaluen, was a semi-legendary 5th-century female Celtic saint, cephalophore and martyr.

Noyale is a popular saint in both Brittany and Cornwall, where she is memorialized at Newlyn East. According to her legend, it is there that a fig tree growing from the south wall of the church grew from her staff. A holy well nearby was the site of her martyrdom. She was one of numerous Celtic settlers who traveled to Brittany during the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of England.