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
CYNGAR (fl. 6th century), saint river Thaw. In Glamorgan he established two monasteries at places not exactly located, and came into contact with a king Poulentus and a prince named Pebiau. According to the 'Life' of Saint Cybi, which states that that saint and S. Cungar were kinsmen, S. Cungar accompanied S. Cybi first to Ireland and then to Anglesey. A Cyngar is the patron saint of Llangefni in Anglesey and of Hope in Flintshire
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
ELFODD (d. 809), bishop whose name appears in the forms ' Elbodugus ' and ' Elbodg ' (Harleian MS. 3859), and ' Elvodugus ' (Nennius), representing Old Welsh ' Elbodu(g),' is famous for his adoption (in 768, according to Harleian MS. 3859) of the Roman Easter, which the Welsh Church had rejected in 602-3. The traditions concerning his origins vary, but a connection with the monastery of Cybi at Holyhead is asserted in
EVANS, ROBERT (Cybi; 1871 - 1956), poet, writer, and bookseller ) and Gwaith Barddonol Cybi (1912). He was a regular competitor at local as well as provincial and national eisteddfodau, and he won many prizes including both chairs and crowns. His special interest lay in the poets of Eifionydd and he did useful service in publishing their works, particularly in Lloffion yr ardd (1911), the unpublished poetry of Robert ap Gwilym Ddu (Robert Williams, 1766 - 1850
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
PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN (Gweirydd ap Rhys; 1807 - 1889), man of letters defending her sex against the attacks made on it in the series 'Ffoledd Ffasiwn.' She married Owen Prichard (Cybi Velyn) of Holyhead, 2 January 1863. She wrote a number of lyrics, the best known being 'O na byddai'n haf o hyd' and 'Neges y Blodeuyn.' She died 29 March 1909. A collection of her poems was published in 'Cyfres y Fil' (O.M.E.).
CYBI - see EVANS, ROBERT

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