A Calendar of Welsh Saints
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| Mwrog | Llanfwrog, Anglesey | Various dates have been proposed for Mwrog's feast day. Browne Willis gives 6 January for Llanfwrog on Anglesey, and 16 January for Llanfwrog in Denbighshire, while Rice Rees agrees with 6 January but states 15 January as an alternative. However a number of late medieval and early modern manuscripts give 24 September, while one gives 23 September. | |
| Kentigern | |||
| Mwrog | Llanfwrog, Denbighshire | Various dates have been proposed for Mwrog's feast day. Browne Willis gives 6 January for Llanfwrog on Anglesey, and 16 January for Llanfwrog in Denbighshire, while Rice Rees agrees with 6 January but states 15 January as an alternative. However a number of late medieval and early modern manuscripts give 24 September, while one gives 23 September. | |
| Mwrog | Llanfwrog, Denbighshire | Various dates have been proposed for Mwrog's feast day. Browne Willis gives 6 January for Llanfwrog on Anglesey, and 16 January for Llanfwrog in Denbighshire, while Rice Rees agrees with 6 January but states 15 January as an alternative. However a number of late medieval and early modern manuscripts give 24 September, while one gives 23 September. | |
| Cadog | Welsh medieval calendars give the feast day of Cadog as January 24, and the same date was celebrated at Padstow in Cornwall, while English medieval martyrologies give January 23. French sources give November 1 and September 21 or 23. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints gives 25 September, a date not mentioned by Baring-Gould & Fisher in their Lives of the British Saints. | ||
| Cadog | Welsh medieval calendars give the feast day of Cadog as January 24, and the same date was celebrated at Padstow in Cornwall, while English medieval martyrologies give January 23. French sources give November 1 and September 21 or 23. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints gives 25 September, a date not mentioned by Baring-Gould & Fisher in their Lives of the British Saints. | ||
| Cynog | Baring-Gould & Fisher give references to a number of sources which agree on 8 October. They also, however, note others which suggest 9 October, or the second Thursday in October, or 14 March. They say that his feast was 11 February in Ireland, and this is the date that Hugh Thomas, very much a Breconshire man, takes from a martyrology. He goes on, however, to say that because this date often fell in Lent, and could not be 'so hospitably keept as the People desired', it was now observed all over the county on the second Thursday in October. Browne Willis records a date of 7 October in association with two Cynog dedications, which is intriguing: whilst the 8th and 9th could be reconciled with 'the second Thursday in October', the 7th cannot. Browne Willis gives 8 October at Llangynog in Montgomeryshire. Cynog is given as 9 October in the modern Church of Wales prayer book. | ||
| Cawrdaf | The feast day of Cawrdaf is listed as 5 December in the majority of calendars and eighteenth-century almanacs, while other calendars give 21 February, where the saint appears in the form Cowrda. | ||
| David | The feast day of 1 March is well established in the church calendar, and of the Welsh nation. | ||
| Cynog | Baring-Gould & Fisher give references to a number of sources which agree on 8 October. They also, however, note others which suggest 9 October, or the second Thursday in October, or 14 March. They say that his feast was 11 February in Ireland, and this is the date that Hugh Thomas, very much a Breconshire man, takes from a martyrology. He goes on, however, to say that because this date often fell in Lent, and could not be 'so hospitably keept as the People desired', it was now observed all over the county on the second Thursday in October. Browne Willis records a date of 7 October in association with two Cynog dedications, which is intriguing: whilst the 8th and 9th could be reconciled with 'the second Thursday in October', the 7th cannot. Browne Willis gives 8 October at Llangynog in Montgomeryshire. Cynog is given as 9 October in the modern Church of Wales prayer book. | ||
| Brychan | A feast day of 6 April is given by Nicholas Roscarrock. | ||
| Brynach | The twelfth-century Life of Brynach gives the feast day of the saint as 7 April. | ||
| Caradog | The feast day is 13 April according to Nicolas Roscarrock, or 14 April according to the calendar in the British Library Cotton manuscript Vespasian A.xiv. | ||
| Caradog | The feast day is 13 April according to Nicolas Roscarrock, or 14 April according to the calendar in the British Library Cotton manuscript Vespasian A.xiv. | ||
| Padarn | Various sources give different dates for the feast of Padarn, which is usually celebrated on 15 April, the date given in the Vita Paterni from the Cotton Vespasian AIV manuscript. 23 September is also attested in early sources, sometimes as the date of his ordination, which is given as 21 May in the Vannes Missal of 1530, although the same date is given for his translation in the 1660 missal. A date of 12 November is recorded against the name of the saint by Browne Willis in 1730, and in the Calendars found in Peniarth MSS 187 and 219. | ||
| Beuno | All Welsh calendars give the feast day for Beuno as 21 April, although Wilson's Martyrologie gives 14 January. | ||
| Asaph | Asaph is thought to have died on 1 May, and this has been his feast day in both Wales and Scotland. | ||
| Carannog | Most calendars list the feast day as 16 May, although others list it as either 15 May or 17 May. | ||
| Cathen | None of the Welsh calendars give a date for the feast of Cathen, although Rice Rees gives his feast as 17 May, which is the feast of another sixth or seventh century bishop in Bute, listed in the Scottish calendars. | ||
| Collen | The feast of Collen was held on 21 May, although sources also list it as 20 and 22 May. | ||
| Collen | The feast of Collen was held on 21 May, although sources also list it as 20 and 22 May. | ||
| Curig | Browne Willis notes the feast of [i:Kirig] as 16 June at Porthkerry in the eighteenth century, which accords with the celebration of the feast of Quiricus elsewhere. | Browne Willis notes the feast day of 16 July at Capel Curig, and as 16 June at Porthkerry. The Roman Martyrology gives 16 June for the feast day of Quiricus and Julitta, while the Oxford Dictionary of Saints also notes 15 July for the eastern church, suggesting that the dates in June and July recorded at different churches in Wales both have ancient origins. Baring-Gould and Fisher give 17 February for his feast day in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century breviaries. | |
| Elidan | Llanelidan | Welsh calendars and Browne Willis give the feast of Elidan as 16 June. | |
| Twrog | |||
| Peter | The feast of Peter is shared with Paul on 29 June, and an additional feast on 1 August commemorates his release from prison in the Acts of the Apostles 12: 6–11. | ||
| Curig | Browne Willis notes the feast day of 16 July at Capel Curig in the eighteenth century, which is close to the celebration of the feast of Quiricus on 15 July in the eastern church. | Browne Willis notes the feast day of 16 July at Capel Curig, and as 16 June at Porthkerry. The Roman Martyrology gives 16 June for the feast day of Quiricus and Julitta, while the Oxford Dictionary of Saints also notes 15 July for the eastern church, suggesting that the dates in June and July recorded at different churches in Wales both have ancient origins. Baring-Gould and Fisher give 17 February for his feast day in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century breviaries. | |
| Christopher | |||
| Cyngar | St Kewe | The feast day of Cyngar is usually given as 7 November. Browne Willis gives 7 March at Llangefni, which Baring-Gould and Fisher put down to an error. At St Kewe in Cornwall, where Cyngar is patron, the feast day is on 25 July. | |
| Peter | The feast of Peter is shared with Paul on 29 June, and an additional feast on 1 August commemorates his release from prison in the Acts of the Apostles 12: 6–11. | ||
| Cybi | One of the Latin Lives give the death of Cybi as 8 November, while a parallel Latin Life gives it as six days before the Ides of November, which would make it 7 November, and the same date given in the calendar found in the same manuscript, with other calendars listing the feast day as 5 or 6 November. Browne Willis gives a feast day of 6 November for the churches at the three places named Llangybi (Caernarfonshire, Ceredigion and Monmouthshire). Churches associated with him in Cornwall have parish feasts on 4 October and 9 November. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century sources give 13 August. | ||
| Degfan | His feast day is listed as 27 August in the Bath Abbey Calendar and martyrologies, but as 30 August in the Cotton Vespasian manuscript and by Nicolas Roscarrock. | ||
| Degfan | His feast day is listed as 27 August in the Bath Abbey Calendar and martyrologies, but as 30 August in the Cotton Vespasian manuscript and by Nicolas Roscarrock. | ||
| Deiniol | Most calendars give the feast of Deiniol as 11 September. Other dates in September seem to have been celebrated, for example Edward Lhuyd observed that the parish wake at Hawarden was observed around the 15 September. Some sources give dates in December. | ||
| Deiniol | Most calendars give the feast of Deiniol as 11 September. Other dates in September seem to have been celebrated, for example Edward Lhuyd observed that the parish wake at Hawarden was observed around the 15 September. Some sources give dates in December. | ||
| Cadog | Welsh medieval calendars give the feast day of Cadog as January 24, and the same date was celebrated at Padstow in Cornwall, while English medieval martyrologies give January 23. French sources give November 1 and September 21 or 23. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints gives 25 September, a date not mentioned by Baring-Gould & Fisher in their Lives of the British Saints. | ||
| Mwrog | Various dates have been proposed for Mwrog's feast day. Browne Willis gives 6 January for Llanfwrog on Anglesey, and 16 January for Llanfwrog in Denbighshire, while Rice Rees agrees with 6 January but states 15 January as an alternative. However a number of late medieval and early modern manuscripts give 24 September, while one gives 23 September. | ||
| Mwrog | Various dates have been proposed for Mwrog's feast day. Browne Willis gives 6 January for Llanfwrog on Anglesey, and 16 January for Llanfwrog in Denbighshire, while Rice Rees agrees with 6 January but states 15 January as an alternative. However a number of late medieval and early modern manuscripts give 24 September, while one gives 23 September. | ||
| Cynhafal | His festival is given as 5 October in most medieval Welsh calendars. | ||
| Cynog | Merthyr Cynog, Battle (Breconshire). | Baring-Gould & Fisher give references to a number of sources which agree on 8 October. They also, however, note others which suggest 9 October, or the second Thursday in October, or 14 March. They say that his feast was 11 February in Ireland, and this is the date that Hugh Thomas, very much a Breconshire man, takes from a martyrology. He goes on, however, to say that because this date often fell in Lent, and could not be 'so hospitably keept as the People desired', it was now observed all over the county on the second Thursday in October. Browne Willis records a date of 7 October in association with two Cynog dedications, which is intriguing: whilst the 8th and 9th could be reconciled with 'the second Thursday in October', the 7th cannot. Browne Willis gives 8 October at Llangynog in Montgomeryshire. Cynog is given as 9 October in the modern Church of Wales prayer book. | |
| Cadmarch | The coincidence of the feast day (the date of the parish wake at Llangamarch) with that of Cynog on 8 October, has suggested that Cynog was the original patron of the church. | ||
| Cynog | Baring-Gould & Fisher give references to a number of sources which agree on 8 October. They also, however, note others which suggest 9 October, or the second Thursday in October, or 14 March. They say that his feast was 11 February in Ireland, and this is the date that Hugh Thomas, very much a Breconshire man, takes from a martyrology. He goes on, however, to say that because this date often fell in Lent, and could not be 'so hospitably keept as the People desired', it was now observed all over the county on the second Thursday in October. Browne Willis records a date of 7 October in association with two Cynog dedications, which is intriguing: whilst the 8th and 9th could be reconciled with 'the second Thursday in October', the 7th cannot. Browne Willis gives 8 October at Llangynog in Montgomeryshire. Cynog is given as 9 October in the modern Church of Wales prayer book. | ||
| Cynog | Baring-Gould & Fisher give references to a number of sources which agree on 8 October. They also, however, note others which suggest 9 October, or the second Thursday in October, or 14 March. They say that his feast was 11 February in Ireland, and this is the date that Hugh Thomas, very much a Breconshire man, takes from a martyrology. He goes on, however, to say that because this date often fell in Lent, and could not be 'so hospitably keept as the People desired', it was now observed all over the county on the second Thursday in October. Browne Willis records a date of 7 October in association with two Cynog dedications, which is intriguing: whilst the 8th and 9th could be reconciled with 'the second Thursday in October', the 7th cannot. Browne Willis gives 8 October at Llangynog in Montgomeryshire. Cynog is given as 9 October in the modern Church of Wales prayer book. | ||
| Cadfan | |||
| Cadog | Welsh medieval calendars give the feast day of Cadog as January 24, and the same date was celebrated at Padstow in Cornwall, while English medieval martyrologies give January 23. French sources give November 1 and September 21 or 23. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints gives 25 September, a date not mentioned by Baring-Gould & Fisher in their Lives of the British Saints. | ||
| Clydog | |||
| Cybi | Llangybi | One of the Latin Lives give the death of Cybi as 8 November, while a parallel Latin Life gives it as six days before the Ides of November, which would make it 7 November, and the same date given in the calendar found in the same manuscript, with other calendars listing the feast day as 5 or 6 November. Browne Willis gives a feast day of 6 November for the churches at the three places named Llangybi (Caernarfonshire, Ceredigion and Monmouthshire). Churches associated with him in Cornwall have parish feasts on 4 October and 9 November. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century sources give 13 August. | |
| Illtud | 6 November is usually accepted as the date of Illtud's death and his feast day, which is the date given in his Latin Life, and other sources. The Missal of Tréguier and the Breviary of Léon (1516) state his feast day as 7 November, although a later Léon Breviary (1736) gives a date of 14 November. 6 November was also observed at Llanellyd in Merioneth according to Browne Willis, although Edward Lhuyd says that it fell on St Stephen's Day, 26 December. | ||
| Cybi | One of the Latin Lives give the death of Cybi as 8 November, while a parallel Latin Life gives it as six days before the Ides of November, which would make it 7 November, and the same date given in the calendar found in the same manuscript, with other calendars listing the feast day as 5 or 6 November. Browne Willis gives a feast day of 6 November for the churches at the three places named Llangybi (Caernarfonshire, Ceredigion and Monmouthshire). Churches associated with him in Cornwall have parish feasts on 4 October and 9 November. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century sources give 13 August. | ||
| Cyngar | Hope | The feast day of Cyngar is usually given as 7 November. Browne Willis gives 7 March at Llangefni, which Baring-Gould and Fisher put down to an error. At St Kewe in Cornwall, where Cyngar is patron, the feast day is on 25 July. | |
| Illtud | 6 November is usually accepted as the date of Illtud's death and his feast day, which is the date given in his Latin Life, and other sources. The Missal of Tréguier and the Breviary of Léon (1516) state his feast day as 7 November, although a later Léon Breviary (1736) gives a date of 14 November. 6 November was also observed at Llanellyd in Merioneth according to Browne Willis, although Edward Lhuyd says that it fell on St Stephen's Day, 26 December. | ||
| Cybi | One of the Latin Lives give the death of Cybi as 8 November, while a parallel Latin Life gives it as six days before the Ides of November, which would make it 7 November, and the same date given in the calendar found in the same manuscript, with other calendars listing the feast day as 5 or 6 November. Browne Willis gives a feast day of 6 November for the churches at the three places named Llangybi (Caernarfonshire, Ceredigion and Monmouthshire). Churches associated with him in Cornwall have parish feasts on 4 October and 9 November. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century sources give 13 August. | ||
| Martin | Feast celebrated on 11 November, but in the east on 12 November. | ||
| Illtud | 6 November is usually accepted as the date of Illtud's death and his feast day, which is the date given in his Latin Life, and other sources. The Missal of Tréguier and the Breviary of Léon (1516) state his feast day as 7 November, although a later Léon Breviary (1736) gives a date of 14 November. 6 November was also observed at Llanellyd in Merioneth according to Browne Willis, although Edward Lhuyd says that it fell on St Stephen's Day, 26 December. | ||
| Katherine of Alexandria | The feast of Katherine is usually celebrated on 25 November. | ||
| Andrew | The feast of Andrew is celebrated on 30 November, while his translation is 9 May. | ||
| Cawrdaf | The feast day of Cawrdaf is listed as 5 December in the majority of calendars and eighteenth-century almanacs, while other calendars give 21 February, where the saint appears in the form Cowrda. | ||
| Tydecho | Welsh calendars mostly give the feast of Tydecho as 17 December, or 18 December. However, his feast day was celebrated on Easter Monday at Mallwyd and Garthbeibio, the first Sunday after Lammas Day at Llanymawddwy, and following Michaelmas Day at Cemmaes. | ||
| Tydecho | Welsh calendars mostly give the feast of Tydecho as 17 December, or 18 December. However, his feast day was celebrated on Easter Monday at Mallwyd and Garthbeibio, the first Sunday after Lammas Day at Llanymawddwy, and following Michaelmas Day at Cemmaes. |
