According to legend, it is there that a fig tree growing from the south wall of the church grew from Noyale's staff.

She and her nurse sailed to the region around Vannes in France,[3] or Beignan where a local lord also wanted to marry her.

[4] The legend then states that the beheaded saint picked up her head, and led by her maid, returned to England.

The chapel dedicated to her at Pontivy was remarkable in the 18th century for several interesting paintings on gold grounds representing this fanciful story.

"[4] She is the patron saint of St Newlyn East in Cornwall,[5] and a church building there bears her name.