Doged

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

Doged is the patron of the church at Llanddoged in the Conwy valley. He is included in a late version of the Bonedd y Saint as a king, descended from Cunedda. He is also named as a king in the early Welsh prose narrative Culhwch ac Olwen.

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Feast Day: Anhysbys/unknown

Various imprecise dates are given for his feast day, including nine days before May and nine days before August, although an actual date does not occur in the medieval calendars. A further source suggests 24 days before 1 May, or 24 days before 1 August.

Texts

An awdl by Ieuan Llwyd Brydydd refers to Doged's healing well, to which the poet went seeking relief for an injury to his eye. He is listed in both the Bonedd y Saint and Achau'r Saint.

Achau'r Sant

Genealogical text listing the names of many saints, found in five copies dating from the 1520s and into the early eighteenth century.

An awdl to St Doged

Awdl composed in the second half of the fifteenth century.

Bonedd y Saint

Genealogical text listing the names of many saints, originally compiled in the twelfth century. Additions and alterations occur in later versions, which continued to be made into the eighteenth century.