Seren Gomer was a Welsh language

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 periodical founded in 1814 by the clergyman and writer Joseph Harris (Gomer)

Joseph Harris (Gomer)

Joseph Harris was a Welsh Baptist minister, author, and journal editor. A Welsh language poet, he took the Biblical name of Gomer as his bardic name. On 1 January 1814 he launched the first Welsh-language weekly Seren Gomer in Swansea.Gomer was born on a farm in Wolf's Castle, Pembrokeshire...

. The title means "star of Gomer

Gomer (Bible)

Gomer was the eldest son of Japheth , and father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah, according to the "Table of Nations" in the Hebrew Bible, ....

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The weekly was intended to cover news from the whole of Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, and had a religious flavour. It met with limited success, folding in the following year after 85 editions; but in 1818 Harris revived it as a fortnightly publication, associated with the Baptist denomination. In 1820, it became a monthly.