Ceneu

Saint Ceneu
Patronage	Clydau

Saint Ceneu (Old Welsh : Keneu) was an early bishop of Menevia (St Davids) in Wales in the sixth century. Giraldus Cambrensis, writing in the twelfth century, stated that Ceneu was the third bishop. ^[1]

He is said to have been the son of Corun ap Ceredig ^[2] or Coel Hen. He established a church or monastic community (clas) at the site of the current settlement of Clydau in North Pembrokeshire which was long known as Llangeneu (Church of Ceneu) in his honour. ^[3] No traces of the settlement are known to survive, and are thought to have been destroyed when there was significant immigration by Flemings settling into the area. ^[1]

His feast day is 15 June. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Ceneu from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia". McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
2. Sabine Baring-Gould, Sabine & al. The Lives of the British Saints, Vol. 2, p. 106. Kessinger Publishing, 2005. Accessed 26 Mar 2013.
3. James, Heather. "The Geography of the Cult of St Davids" in St David of Wales: Cult, Church and Nation, p. 59. Boydell Press, 2007. Accessed 26 Mar 2013.
4. "C (Wales, Saints)". www.orthodoxwestinitiative.com. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
5. Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) (1907–1911). The lives of the British Saints : the Saints of Wales and Cornwall and such Irish Saints as have dedications i n Britain. PIMS - University of Toronto. London : For the honourable Society of Cymmrodorion by C.J. Clark.