Cornwall, England
500 - St Materiana who has been identified with St Madryn, a princess of Gwent, who according to tradition evangelized these parts. Whose other chief shrine lay at Minster a few miles away to the east, where her relics were preserved until the reformation which swept all these things away.
It would seem likely therefore that the present church was built on the site of an oratory served in Celtic days by the monks of Minster and later replaced by a Saxon- style building.
1080 to 1150 - The St. Materiana Church was built almost entirely as you can see it today, in its cruciform shape of nave chancel and transepts.
Built in the time of the first Norman Earls of Cornwall Robert of Mortain and his son William, who held Tintagle with other lands of the earldom, and built their castle at Bossiney. They were followed by Earl Reginald, a son of Henry I, who seems to have built the first castle on the island and probably finished building the church.
1080 - The primitive Norman doorway is considered to be the oldest part of the building and shows signs of Saxon influence. Some experts have held that much of the existing stonework of the north wall is part of an earlier church incorporated in the Norman building.