Dwynwen


Unidentified Saint, late fifteenth century, Church of St Mary, Beaumaris

Feast Day: Anhysbys/unknown

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Dwynwen is named in Guto'r Glyn's poem of praise to Huw Lewys ap Llywelyn of Prysaeddfed. She was one of several saints who helped to save him from drowning, when he was crossing Malltraeth bog (Cors Ddyga).

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Further reading

S. Baring-Gould and John Fisher The Lives of the British Saints (London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1908), 387–92    View online

S. Baring-Gould and John Fisher The Lives of the British Saints (London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1913), 395–6    View online

Elissa Henken Traditions of the Welsh Saints (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1987), 251–2, 344

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