Saint
Afan
A bishop venerated at Llanafan in Wales.
- Feast
- November 16old style November 29
- Era
- 6th century
- Place
- Llanafan
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Saint Afan was a bishop of Wales in the sixth century who gave his name to the church of Llanafan in Powys.
One source calls him Afan of Builth and says that he was also a martyr. His day is usually placed on 17 November, but the old calendar of south Wales set it on the 16th. The Orthodox calendar commemorates him on 16 November (New Calendar) as a saint of the undivided Church.
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