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References
- ↑ Rev Rice Rees, Welsh Saints or Primitive Christians usually considered to be Founders of Churches in Wales (Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green, 1836) page 230.
- ↑ The Place names of Wales page 71 Archived 27 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ S Baring-Gould and John Fisher, The Lives of British Saints (Hon Society of Cymmrodorium 1908) page 418.
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