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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
BELL, Sir HAROLD IDRIS (1879 - 1967), scholar and translator his Welsh descent and his father's interest that prompted Bell to take an interest in the Welsh language, which he began to learn when he was twenty-six years of age. The first result was a scholarly work, Vita Sancti Tathei and Buched Seint y Katrin, comprising a Latin text of the life of Tathan with an English translation, and a Welsh life of Katherine, with an introduction. The volume appeared in

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