DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN ap MADOG (fl. 16th century), poet

His poems are preserved in Peniarth MS 124 , Jes. Coll. MS. 14, Llanstephan MS 167 , Cardiff MSS. 7, 23, 63, Hafod MS. 10, B.M. Add. MSS. 12230, 14991, 15015, NLW MS 668C , NLW MS 2602B , NLW MS 6681B , NLW MS 8330B , and Gwyneddon MS. 3. Among them are cywyddau in praise of S. Mordeyrn, saint of honour ('Sant anrhydedd') at Nantglyn, and to S. Dyfnog, and a cywydd to God which is attributed in Peniarth MS 124 to Dafydd ap Hwlcyn ap Madog. It is uncertain whether he may be associated with the Dafydd Llewelyn who is represented by two englynion in Mostyn MS. 143.

Author

• Benjamin George Owens

Sources

• Baring-Gould and John Fisher, The Lives of the British Saints: the saints of Wales and Cornwall and such Irish saints as have dedications in Britain, ii, 397-8, iii, 502-4
• Celtic Remains (1878), 315-6
• T. Parry, Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg hyd 1900 (1944), 1944, 124

Further Reading

• Wikipedia Article: Dafydd ap Llywelyn ap Madog

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20732730

Published date: 1959

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