Rhwydrys

Rhwydrys is a 6th-century pre-Congregational saint of Wales.^[1] His feast day is on 1 November.^[1]

He was the son of Rodrem, king of Connacht in Ireland.^[2] Rhwydrys is believed to have built a chapel in Llanrhwydrys on Anglesey in around 570 AD.^[3]

St Rhwydrys's Church in Llanrhwydrys is dedicated to him. This church was built in the 12th century on or near his former chapel.

References

^ ^a ^b Baring-Gould, Sabine. The Lives of the Saints, Vol. XVI, "The Celtic Church and its Saints", Longmans, Green, & Co. (New York), 1898.Vol. I, p. 75.
^ Genealogy of the Saints (Continued) The Cambro-Briton Vol. 3, No. 29 (May, 1822), pp. 394–396
^ Nicholas Carlisle, A topographical dictionary of Wales, a continuation of the topography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. (Nicholas Carlisle, 1811)

[Baring-Gould-1] Baring-Gould, Sabine. The Lives of the Saints, Vol. XVI, "The Celtic Church and its Saints", Longmans, Green, & Co. (New York), 1898.Vol. I, p. 75.

[2] Genealogy of the Saints (Continued) The Cambro-Briton Vol. 3, No. 29 (May, 1822), pp. 394–396

[3] Nicholas Carlisle, A topographical dictionary of Wales, a continuation of the topography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. (Nicholas Carlisle, 1811)

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