Clydog (Clitauci)


Unidentified Saint, late fifteenth century, Church of St Mary, Beaumaris
Clydog is the patron saint of Clodock in Herefordshire, whose Life survives in the Book of Llandaff and Vespasian A. xiv. Genealogical tracts, such as the De situ Brecheniauc⁠, include Clydog as a grandson of Brychan. According to the Life, he was a pious king who was martyred by one his companions.

Feast Day: 3 November



More information

Texts

The Latin Life of Clydog is found in the Book of Llandaff, and also in British Library Cotton manuscript Vespasian A.xiv.

Vita Sancti Clitauci

Places

A single church dedicated to Clydog is that which is found in the village that also bears his name, Clodock in Herefordshire.

  Church
Dedication		  Well   Placename Landscape
feature		 Modern Text

1. Church of St Clydawg, Clodock, (Dedication) Details


Online sources

Further reading

S. Baring-Gould and John Fisher The Lives of the British Saints (London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1908), 153⁠–4    View online

Images

No images of Clydog, either medieval or modern, are known, but may be present at Clodock or nearby.