Rhwydrys

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Rhwydrys is a 6th-century Pre-Congregational Saint of Wales. [1]

He was the son of Rodrem, king of Conacht in Ireland. [2] Rhwydrys is believed to have built a chapel here around 570AD. [3]

He is commemorated in the St Rhwydrus's Church, Llanrhwydrus, Anglesey island. This church was built in the 12th century on or near his former chapel.

A feast day celebrates his life on 1 November. [4]

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References

  1. Baring-Gould, Sabine. The Lives of the Saints, Vol. XVI, "The Celtic Church and its Saints", Longmans, Green, & Co. (New York), 1898.Vol. I, p. 75.
  2. Genealogy of the Saints (Continued) The Cambro-Briton Vol. 3, No. 29 (May, 1822), pp. 394-396
  3. Nicholas Carlisle, A topographical dictionary of Wales, a continuation of the topography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. (Nicholas Carlisle, 1811)
  4. Baring-Gould, Sabine. The Lives of the Saints, Vol. XVI, "The Celtic Church and its Saints", Longmans, Green, & Co. (New York), 1898.Vol. I, p. 75.