Dictionary of Welsh Biography

TYSILIO (fl. 7th century), Celtic saint said to be the son of Brocmail, prince of Powys. No 'Life' of S. Tysilio survives in Wales but he is given a genealogy in ' Bonedd y Saint ' and there is a poem in his honour written by Cynddelw in the second half of the 12th century. He is mentioned again in the 'Life' of S. Beuno written by an anchorite of Llanddewi-brefi in 1346. It would appear that his legend was borrowed in the 15th century
BROCHWEL YSGYTHROG (fl. 550), prince He was, according to tradition, the outstanding figure in the older line of rulers of Powys, insomuch that the poets came to call Powys the land of Brochwel. He was the son of Cyngen and the father of Cynan Garwyn and of S. Tysilio, founder of the ancient church of Meifod. As his grandson, Selyf ap Cynan, fell while leading the Welsh in the battle of Chester (c. 613), he cannot be the Brocmail
MADOG ap MAREDUDD (d. 1160), king of Powys . His praises were sung by the leading poets of the day, and the impression created on the minds of contemporaries by the influence which he asserted in central Wales is enshrined in contemporary prose romances. He was buried in the mother-church of Powys - S. Tysilio at Meifod. He married Susanna, daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan.His dominions were divided among a number of minor lords of Powys - his
CYNDDELW BRYDYDD MAWR (fl. 1155-1200), leading 12th century Welsh court poet century, he sang to a number of the leading princes of Gwynedd, Powys, and Deheubarth, and in this respect he is the earliest poet known to have taken the whole of Wales as his field. He also sang awdlau to God, and his 'Song to Tysilio' is largely in praise of Meifod. His only other extant religious poem is the 'Deathbed song.' His poetry is mainly characterized by a quality described by W. J. Gruffydd
GUTUN OWAIN (fl. c. 1460- c. 1498), poet, transcriber of manuscripts, and genealogist historian of Basingwerk and of Strata Florida abbeys; there is no proof that he was ever at Strata Florida, but he certainly stayed at Basingwerk, where in all probability he wrote the portion of the 'Black Book of Basingwerk' which is in his hand - a large part of 'Brut Tysilio' and the whole of 'Brut y Saeson' down to 1461. Another of his manuscripts contains copies of 'Brut y Brenhinedd' and 'Ystoria
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author craft and an art historian second to none. He had to deal with difficult problems during his life, the health of his older brother Richard, an able lawyer and his mother's favourite, who was wounded during the war and became an alcoholic, and his own health, the epilepsy and cancer of the prostate and of the lung - the cancer which killed him. He died at the age of 88 in the St Tysilio Home, Llanfair

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