Gwenllwyfo
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Gwenllwyfo was a female Christian recognised as a saint. She is commemorated in the dedication of two churches near Dulas, Anglesey
, in Wales: St Gwenllwyfo's Church, Llanwenllwyfo
(built 1856) and its medieval predecessor, the Old Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Llanwenllwyfo
, which is now in ruins.
Few details about her are known. She is said to have lived in the seventh century. She is recorded in the Myvyrian Archaiology (a collection of medieval Welsh literature published in the early 19th century) as being the patroness of the church at Llanwenllwyfo without any further details of her life or family being given. Her feast day was recorded as being celebrated on 30 November. Gwenllwyfo is venerated as a saint, although she was never canonized by a pope: as the historian Jane Cartwright notes, "In Wales sanctity was locally conferred and none of the medieval Welsh saints appears to have been canonized by the Roman Catholic Church".
Dulas, Anglesey
Dulas or City Dulas is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales....
, in Wales: St Gwenllwyfo's Church, Llanwenllwyfo
St Gwenllwyfo's Church, Llanwenllwyfo
St Gwenllwyfo's Church, Llanwenllwyfo is a 19th-century parish church near the village of Dulas, in Anglesey, north Wales. It was built between 1854 and 1856 to replace an earlier church in the parish, also dedicated to St Gwenllwyfo, which needed repair and had become too small for its congregation...
(built 1856) and its medieval predecessor, the Old Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Llanwenllwyfo
Old Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Llanwenllwyfo
The Old Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Llanwenllwyfo is a medieval ruined church near Dulas, in Anglesey, north Wales, perhaps built in the 15th century to replace another church from which only the 12th-century font survived. Dedicated to Gwenllwyfo, a 7th-century female saint about whom nothing else is...
, which is now in ruins.
Few details about her are known. She is said to have lived in the seventh century. She is recorded in the Myvyrian Archaiology (a collection of medieval Welsh literature published in the early 19th century) as being the patroness of the church at Llanwenllwyfo without any further details of her life or family being given. Her feast day was recorded as being celebrated on 30 November. Gwenllwyfo is venerated as a saint, although she was never canonized by a pope: as the historian Jane Cartwright notes, "In Wales sanctity was locally conferred and none of the medieval Welsh saints appears to have been canonized by the Roman Catholic Church".