Cynidr
Cynidr's Well, Ffynnon Gynydd
St Cynidr was a 6th-century Catholic pre-congregational saint of South Wales and first Bishop of Glasbury, Powys.
Veneration[]
Cynidr is buried in Glasbury,[1] where he is venerated with a feast day of April 27.
The Parochial church of St Cynidr (St Kenider) at Glasbury commemorates his work although the current church was built c.1088AD. A holy well in the town is also attributed to him.
Family[]
Church of St Eigon.
Cynidr was the son of St. Gwladys,[2] grand son of King Brychan and the brother of St Eigon, the Patron Saint of Llanigon,[3][4] near Glasbury.
References[]
- ^ Lives of the British Saints. 2, p.258.
- ^ T. D. Breverton, A Book of Welsh Saints (Cyhoeddiadau Glyndwr, 2000).
- ^ Church at Llanigon Archived August 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ S. Baring-Gould, The Lives of the British Saints Vol. 3.
Categories:
- Medieval Welsh saints
- 6th-century Christian saints
- Roman Catholic monks
- 6th century in Wales
- Geography of Carmarthenshire
- History of Carmarthenshire
- Children of Brychan
- 6th-century Welsh people
- 6th-century births
- Welsh heraldry
- 6th-century Christian clergy
- Welsh hermits