SEIRIOL (c. 500- c. 550), founder and first abbot of Penmon church
Parent: Owain Danwyn ab Einion Yrth ap Cunedda Wledig
Gender: Male
Occupation: founder and first abbot of Penmon church
Area of activity: Religion
Author: John Williams James
son of Owain Danwyn ab Einion Yrth ap Cunedda Wledig, and so a second cousin of king Maelgwn Gwynedd and of the same age as the latter. According to Anglesey tradition, he was a great friend of Saint Cybi. Seiriol was the chief saint of the Dindaethwy district in Anglesey and also of Penmaenmawr, Caernarfonshire; his feast day, according to the earliest calendars, was 1 February
Author
- Chancellor John Williams James
- 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, iv, 177-80
- H. H. Hughes and H. L. North, The Old Churches of Snowdonia (Bangor 1924), 1-26, 160-3
Sources
- Wikipedia Article: Seiriol
Further Reading
- Wikidata: Q7446899
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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