Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CADOG saint (fl. c. 450), one of the chief figures of the Celtic church in Wales According to his 'Vita' (written in the 12th century), he was the son of Gwynllyw (prince of Glywysing, south-eastern Wales) and Gwladus, daughter of king Brychan of Brycheiniog. The 'Vita Cadoci,' written probably at Brecon priory by a Norman monk Lifris or Lifricus, is the longest and most important in the collection of Latin lives of Welsh saints known as B.M. Cotton MS. Vespasian A. xiv. The
CYNIDR (fl. 6th century), saint Gwynllyw and Gwladys, and therefore a brother to Saint Cadoc. Cynidr is perhaps the Keneder mentioned in the composite 'Life' of S. Cadoc as one of the saints accompanying S. Cadoc in his altercation with king Arthur. Cynidr seems to have been most active in Brecknock, where the churches of Llangynidr, Aberyskir, Llan-y-wern, Cantref, and Glasbury were all originally named after him. His legend is known
GWYNLLYW (fl. late 5th-early 6th century), saint was the son of Glywys, ruler of the kingdom of Glywysing which extended over parts of eastern Carmarthenshire, Glamorganshire, and Monmouthshire. Gwynllyw's mother was Guaul, daughter of Ceredig ap Cunedda. The oldest source for the details of his life is the ' Life of S. Cadoc,' composed in the main towards the end of the 11th century. The ' Life of S. Gwynllyw ' and the ' Life of S. Tatheus
JOHNS, WILLIAM NICHOLAS (1834 - 1898), printer, antiquarian, newspaper proprietor, and editor and historical interest, many of which were republished in book form - Chartist Riots at Newport, 1839 (1884, 2nd ed. 1889), Historical Facts and Traditions relating to Newport and Caerleon (six parts, 1880-5); History of the Church of S. Gwynllyw (S. Woolos, Newport), 1891; John's Household Almanack and Guide to Local Information, 1857, 1858, 1860-70, 1896, 1898; and Newport Directory and Year Book
JONES, GLADYS MAY (1899 - 1960), pianist, composer and producer of light programmes on radio 1960, and was buried in St. Gwynllyw churchyard.
TATHAN (fl. 5th century), saint Tathalius ruled, not in Ireland, but among the Goidels of North Wales. The 'Life' is mostly legendary, but it is clear that Tathan settled in Gwent, and that Caradog, king of all Gwent, made him a grant of land at Caerwent, where he established a school and monastery. S. Cadog, son of king Gwynllyw, was his disciple. His festival is on 26 December (in the English Martyrology, 23 November). He is patron of

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