CYNDEYRN, saint
Parent: Cyngar ap Garthog ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig
Gender: Male
Occupation: saint
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
This Saint is commemorated at Llangyndeyrn in Carmarthenshire. Late-mediaeval genealogies make him the son of Saint Cyngar ap Garthog ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig; his feast was on 25 July, O.S. - the patronal fair at Llangyndeyrn is now held on 5 and 6 August His father, Cyngar, should not be confused with the saint Cyngar / Docwin / Dochau.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- 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, 240, 248
Sources
Published date: 1959
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