Dyfnan

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Saint Dyfnan
Confessor
Canonized Pre-Congregation
Feast 24 April
Patronage Llanddyfnan

Saint Dyfnan ap Brychan was an obscure Welsh saint. He was sometimes accounted a son of Brychan, the invading Irish king of Brycheiniog. [1]

Legacy

Llanddyfnan ("St Dyfnan's") was dedicated to him on Anglesey and claimed his relics. [1] He is commemorated on 24 April. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Baring-Gould, Sabine & al. The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Vol. II, p. 396. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London), 1911.
  2. ↑ "Celtic and Old English Saints - 24 April".


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