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  • ASAPH (fl. c. 600), reputed founder of the see of St Asaph He is only known through tradition. In the oldest form of ' Bonedd y Saint ' he appears as the son of Sawyl (Samuel) Benuchel and the grandson of Pabo Post Prydain; Penuchel (highbrow) may be a euphemism for Penisel (lowbrow), which is found in another early source. Fragments of an early life were included in the ' Red Book of Asaph,' according to the transcripts of that MS., not one of which has