Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CYBI (fl. 550), saint himself within the walls of a dismantled Roman fort. The 'clas,' or monastic community, which he founded, had a long history; it continued as a collegiate church throughout the Middle Ages and had twelve prebendaries in the 16th century. The picturesque legend of the weekly meetings of Seiriol Wyn (White) and Cybi Felyn (Yellow) at Clorach in the midst of Anglesey is a bit of modern folk-lore, but the
DEINIOL (d. 584), saint, founder of Bangor and first bishop in Gwynedd to the place names his clan occupied Anglesey (Llanbabo), Caernarfonshire (Bangor), and the Vale of Clwyd (S. Asaph). This was why Cynfarch and Urien Rheged established themselves there between 550 and 574. The reign of Maelgwn Gwynedd was the golden age of religion in Gwynedd west of the Conway, being the age of Cadfan, Seiriol, Cybi, and others; the genealogies of the saints show that it was in
SEIRIOL (fl. c. 500- c. 550), founder and first abbot of Penmon church 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

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