What is Saint Piran's Flag?
{{Infobox flag |Name = Saint Piran's Flag |Article = |Image = Flag of Cornwall.svg |Use = 100000 |Nickname = St Piran's Flag |Morenicks = Baner Peran, An&nbsp;Gwynn ha Du |Symbol = {{FIAV|100000}} |Proportion = 3:5 |Adoption = 19th century |Design = A white cross on a black background.<br>(''Sable, a cross argent'') |Type = }} [[File:Pamiatka z Kornwalii.jpg|thumb|right|Souvenir flags outside a café]] The '''Saint Piran's Cross''', also called the '''Cross of Saint Piran''', is a white cross on a black background. After the [[middle ages]], it became associated with [[Saint Piran]]. The earliest known description of the flag as the [[Heraldic standard|Standard]] of Cornwall was written in 1838.<ref name=gilbert>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oYYvAAAAMAAJ&q=formerly+the+banner+of+St.+Perran&pg=PA332|title=The Parochial History of Cornwall: Founded on the Manuscript Histories of Mr. Hals and Mr. Tonkin; with Additions and Various Appendices|first=Davies|last=Gilbert|date=17 November 1838|publisher=J. B. Nichols and son|via=Google Books}}</ref> It is used by some [[Cornish people]] as a symbol of their identity.<ref name=rendle>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flaginstitute.org/pdfs/Phil%20Rendle.pdf|title=Phil Rendle, Cornwall – The Mysteries of St Piran, The Flag Institute}}</ref> The flag is attributed to [[Saint Piran]], a 5th-century Cornish abbot. One early use of a white cross and black background design is the 15th-century coat of arms of the Saint-Peran family.<ref>P. POTIER de COURCY, Nobiliaire et armorial de Bretagne, A. Aubry, 1862, p390</ref> ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Flag of the Duke of Cornwall.svg|The flag of the [[Duke of Cornwall]] File:Australian Cornish-heritage flag.svg|[[Cornish Australians|Australian Cornish]] heritage flag File:Cornish Ensign.svg|Cornish Ensign </gallery> == Related pages == * [[Cornish flag]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Historical flags]] [[Category:County flags]]